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Johnny B. Goode
The Balham Alligators
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Way down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
He never learned to read or write so well
He could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell
Go go, go go, go go
Johnny B. Goode
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Engineers seen him sitting in the shade
Strumming to the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing, they would stop and say
Oh my, but that country boy could play
Go go, go go, go go
Johnny B. Goode
His mother said "Someday you will be a man
You will be the leader of a big old band
People will come from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun goes down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight"
Go go, go go, go go
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode