Bye Bye Johnny

She drew out all her money from her southern trust

For her baby boy, bought a greyhound bus

He's leaving Louisiana for the golden west

Down came the tears from her happiness

Her own little boy named Johnny B. Goode

Is gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood

She's crying bye, bye, bye, bye

Bye, bye, bye, bye

Bye, bye Johnny, lordy son, Johnny B. Goode

She remembered taking money in from gathering crops

Buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop

As long as he had played by the railroad side

He wouldn't get in trouble, she was satisfied

But never thought there'd ever come a day like this

She'd have to give that boy a goodbye kiss

She's crying bye, bye, bye, bye

Bye, bye, bye, bye

Bye, bye Johnny, lordy son, Johnny B. Goode

She finally got the letter she's a-dreaming of

Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love

Soon as he is married he'd bring her back

And build a mansion for them by the railroad track

So every time they heard that locomotive roar

They'd be a-standing and a-waving at the kitchen door

Hollering bye, bye, bye, bye

Bye, bye, bye, bye

Bye, bye Johnny, lordy son, you sho done good

She's crying bye, bye, bye, bye

Bye, bye, bye, bye

Bye, bye Johnny, lordy son, you sho done good