Текст песни Tom T. Hall - Turn It On Turn It On Turn It On
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Johnny got up one mornin` he went down to the company storeGot him a big box of bullets to fit into his 44The storeman said son are you gonna work you know you owe me too much to stopJohn said I got a little working to do but I ain`t goin` by your clockPeople said John was a slacker cause he wouldn`t fight in their warA man wasn`t much if he wouldn`t fight back in nineteen forty and fourThe doctor said John was just too sick to goBut the people said that he was a cowardAnd one of the men makin` fun of him was a feller named a Milton HowardMilton was down at the Cold Spring a drinkin` from a Mason jarHe said John you better get yourself to work you gonna fool around till you get firedJohn blew the dust from his old 44 put two holes in Milton`s headWhen Johnny walked off to get some more shootin` doneThat old Cold Spring was a runnin` with redNext guy he met was a Steagall boy and the boy had a hammer in his handJohn said son you should`ve built yourself a boxCause you`re aheaded for the Promised LandSteagall fell down to his knees to pray and he cried Lord Johnny please don`t shootBefore he got half way to sayin` amen well old John shot him out of his boots[ dobro ]Word went out thru the County that old John had lost his headThe people were running and screaming there were seven of `em layin` there deadJohnny hid out in a farmhouse he had satisfaction in his eyesHe said I know they`re coming to get me boys but they ain`t a gonna take me alivePeople gathered round that old farmhouse was the relatives of all them deadNow John said if the sheriff comes thru that door I`m gonna fill him plum full of leadThe sheriff kicked down that old farmhouse door but old John`s gun would not shootJohnny just smiled at the sheriff and said the Lord must think a lot of youThey took old John to the jailhouse he entered in a guilty pleaThe judge said death in the electric chair cause it`s murder in the first degreeJohn`s last meal was a lot of fried chicken cold beans and a baby squashHe ate every bite that they brought him then he smiled and said I thank you all a lot[ dobro ]They put old John in the electric chair they shaved his ankles and his headThe preacher said son you got something to say in a minute you`re a gonna be deadJohn said I ain`t no coward and the people know that I won`t runThen Johnny smiled up at the warden and said turn it on turn it on turn it on