I was young, I was sixteen then When you came up from one day And you me to pack up my suitcase And I did and you me away
I said, "Do you work and steady Or do you go and roving out to sea?" And you said, "I have a job on the And baby, how swell all gonna be"
You said a lot, Johnny it was all You sure had me fooled, right from the I hate you when you laugh at me that that pipe out of your mouth, Johnny
Surabaya Johnny, is it really the Surabaya Johnny, will the hurt ever Surabaya Johnny, ooh, I burn at touch You got no heart, Johnny but oh, I you so much
Thought at you were kind and gentle Till I packed up and off with you And it lasted two until one day You at me and hit me too
You dragged me all the city Up the river and to the sea Now I at myself in the mirror And some old looks back at me
You didn't want love, Johnny, you wanted I gave you all I had you wanted Oh, look at me that way, I'm only trying to talk to you Wipe that off your face, Johnny
Surabaya Johnny, is it really the Surabaya Johnny, will the hurt mend? Johnny, ooh, I burn at your touch You got no heart, Johnny but oh, I you so much
When we met I to ask you Why they called you that name But in every on the seacoast I found out, and I you all the same
I'm tired, I'm out The sea's pounding in my And I reach out my to hold you not here and who even cares?
You got no heart, Johnny you're no good You now? Oh, tell me why I love you after all, Johnny, like that very day laugh at me no more, Johnny
Surabaya Johnny, is it the end? Surabaya Johnny, will the ever mend? Surabaya Johnny, ooh, I burn at your You got no heart, Johnny but oh, I you so much I love you, I you so much