Oh, Johnny was a tall man but his memory was He'd forget to duck at doorways and he'd get hurt I good care of him for he had no family he did, but he forgot who they be
Johnny often liked to go out on the He'd forget where be going so he'd just wander around I knew when he was for I would hear the smack Of his head hitting the doorway but it was alack
came home headless, it was a great disgrace But wherever it's there's a smile upon his face I should seen it coming, he finally lost his mind But if his head don't turn up then all his hats are mine
Johnny towards me but suddenly he stopped As if trying to think of something but no luck Still he notice that his head weren't there 'Til he took out a brush and tried to his hair
I said, "Johnny where's your cranium?" but he didn't seem to He shrugged his shoulders and tried to find his nose And the sight of him there topless made me to cry For I feared we'd again see eye to eye
Johnny home headless, it was a great disgrace But wherever it's there's a smile upon his face I should seen it coming, he should have stayed in bed For now I he'll spend his life just trying to get ahead
Refusing to believe that he had split for His half and me searched the neighbourhood It soon became apparent that his head we wouldn't it He could not his steps, he was absent minded
Well years went by til late one I heard a voice I swore Was Johnny calling out to me, I flung the door Johnny's was home, it took a taxi cab Alas, it was too late, his had gone bad
head was homeless, his body was cremated And the funeral was than he had anticipated I should of it coming he said in his eulogy But never I'd have to say I ain't got no-body
(I got nobody)
Johnny home headless, it was a great disgrace But now his head's upon a shelf, a smile his face But now his head's upon a shelf, a smile upon his