Handsome Johnny
by Gil Scott-Heron
From the album: I'm New Here
Track 16 of 25 on I'm New Here (2010).
Duration: 05:54
Lyrics for Handsome Johnny
Military Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see Marching to the fields of Concord? Looks like Handsome Johnny with a musket in his hand Marching to the Concord war Hey, marching to the Concord war Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see Marching to the fields of Gettysburg? Looks like Handsome Johnny with a flintlock in his hand here Marching to the Gettysburg war Hey, marching to the Gettysburg war And it's a long hard road It's a long hard road It's a long hard road Here before we'll be free Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see Marching to the fields of Dunkirk? It looks like Handsome Johnny with a carbine in his hand here Marching to the Dunkirk war Hey, marching to the Dunkirk war Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see Marching to the fields of Korea? Looks like Handsome Johnny with an M-1 in his hand here Marching to the Korean war Hey, marching to the Korean war And it's a long hard road It's a long hard road It's a long hard road Here before we'll be free Here before we'll be free Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see Marching to the fields of Vietnam? Looks like Handsome Johnny got an M-16 And marching to the Vietnam war Yeah, marching to the Vietnam war Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see Marching to the fields of Birmingham? Looks like Handsome Johnny with his hand rolled up in a fist here Marching to the Birmingham war Hey, marching to the Birmingham war And it's a long hard road It's a long hard road It's a long hard road Here before we'll be free Here before we'll be free Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see Marching to the streets of Bagdad? Looks like Handsome Johnny ain't got an ideal And he's marching to the Bagdad war Yes, he's marching to the Bagdad war Hey, what's the use of my singing this song 'Cause some of you are not even listening Tell me what it is that we've got to do here Wait for our fields to start glistening Yeah, wait for the bullets to start whistling Hey, here comes a hydrogen bomb, yeah And here comes a guided missile Here comes a hydrogen bomb And I can almost hear it whistle Almost hear it whistle Hey-hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see New boss and new fellow employes? Looks like Handsome Johnny got a laptop in his hand, yeah Heading for the Wall Street wars Heading for the Wall Street wars, ha-ha-ha-ha
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