Song | Surabaya Johnny |
Artist | Marianne Faithfull |
Album | 20th Century Blues |
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I had just turned sixteen that season | |
When you came up from Burma to stay. | |
And you told me I ought to travel with you, | |
You were sure it would be OK. | |
When I asked how you earned your living, | |
I can still hear what you said to me: | |
You had some kind of job on the railway | |
And had nothing to do with the sea. | |
You said a lot, Johnny, | |
All one big lie, Johnny. | |
You cheated me blind, Johnny, | |
From the minute we met. | |
I hate you so, Johnny, | |
When you stand there grinning, Johnny. | |
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
No one's meaner than you. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
My God — and I still love you so. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
Why am I feeling so blue ? | |
You have no heart, Johnny, | |
And I still love you so. | |
At the start, every day was Sunday, | |
Till we went on our way one fine night. | |
And before two more weeks were over, | |
You thought nothing I did was right. | |
So we trekked up and down through the Punjab, | |
From the source of the river to the sea. | |
When I look at my face in the mirror, | |
There's an old woman staring back at me. | |
You didn't want love, Johnny, | |
You wanted cash, Johnny. | |
But I sewed your lips, Johnny, | |
And that was that. | |
You wanted it all, Johnny, | |
I gave you more, Johnny. | |
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat. | |
Surabaya Johnny. | |
No one's meaner than you. | |
Surabaya Johnny. | |
My God — and I still love you so. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
Why am I feeling so blue ? | |
You have no heart, Johnny. | |
And I still love you so. | |
I would never have thought of asking | |
How you'd got that peculiar name, | |
But from one end of the coast to the other | |
You were known everywhere we came. | |
And one day in a two-bit flophouse | |
I'll wake up to the roar of the sea, | |
And you'll leave without one word of warning | |
On a ship waiting down at the quay. | |
You have no heart, Johnny! | |
You're just a louse, Johnny! | |
How could you go, Johnny, | |
And leave me flat ? | |
You're still my love, Johnny, | |
Like the day we met, Johnny. | |
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat. | |
Surabaya Johnny. | |
No one's meaner than you. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
My God — and I still love you so. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
Why am I feeling so blue ? | |
You have no heart, Johnny. | |
And I still love you so. | |
Thank you! Thank you very much. |
I had just turned sixteen that season | |
When you came up from Burma to stay. | |
And you told me I ought to travel with you, | |
You were sure it would be OK. | |
When I asked how you earned your living, | |
I can still hear what you said to me: | |
You had some kind of job on the railway | |
And had nothing to do with the sea. | |
You said a lot, Johnny, | |
All one big lie, Johnny. | |
You cheated me blind, Johnny, | |
From the minute we met. | |
I hate you so, Johnny, | |
When you stand there grinning, Johnny. | |
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
No one' s meaner than you. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
My God and I still love you so. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
Why am I feeling so blue ? | |
You have no heart, Johnny, | |
And I still love you so. | |
At the start, every day was Sunday, | |
Till we went on our way one fine night. | |
And before two more weeks were over, | |
You thought nothing I did was right. | |
So we trekked up and down through the Punjab, | |
From the source of the river to the sea. | |
When I look at my face in the mirror, | |
There' s an old woman staring back at me. | |
You didn' t want love, Johnny, | |
You wanted cash, Johnny. | |
But I sewed your lips, Johnny, | |
And that was that. | |
You wanted it all, Johnny, | |
I gave you more, Johnny. | |
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat. | |
Surabaya Johnny. | |
No one' s meaner than you. | |
Surabaya Johnny. | |
My God and I still love you so. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
Why am I feeling so blue ? | |
You have no heart, Johnny. | |
And I still love you so. | |
I would never have thought of asking | |
How you' d got that peculiar name, | |
But from one end of the coast to the other | |
You were known everywhere we came. | |
And one day in a twobit flophouse | |
I' ll wake up to the roar of the sea, | |
And you' ll leave without one word of warning | |
On a ship waiting down at the quay. | |
You have no heart, Johnny! | |
You' re just a louse, Johnny! | |
How could you go, Johnny, | |
And leave me flat ? | |
You' re still my love, Johnny, | |
Like the day we met, Johnny. | |
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat. | |
Surabaya Johnny. | |
No one' s meaner than you. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
My God and I still love you so. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
Why am I feeling so blue ? | |
You have no heart, Johnny. | |
And I still love you so. | |
Thank you! Thank you very much. |
I had just turned sixteen that season | |
When you came up from Burma to stay. | |
And you told me I ought to travel with you, | |
You were sure it would be OK. | |
When I asked how you earned your living, | |
I can still hear what you said to me: | |
You had some kind of job on the railway | |
And had nothing to do with the sea. | |
You said a lot, Johnny, | |
All one big lie, Johnny. | |
You cheated me blind, Johnny, | |
From the minute we met. | |
I hate you so, Johnny, | |
When you stand there grinning, Johnny. | |
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
No one' s meaner than you. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
My God and I still love you so. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
Why am I feeling so blue ? | |
You have no heart, Johnny, | |
And I still love you so. | |
At the start, every day was Sunday, | |
Till we went on our way one fine night. | |
And before two more weeks were over, | |
You thought nothing I did was right. | |
So we trekked up and down through the Punjab, | |
From the source of the river to the sea. | |
When I look at my face in the mirror, | |
There' s an old woman staring back at me. | |
You didn' t want love, Johnny, | |
You wanted cash, Johnny. | |
But I sewed your lips, Johnny, | |
And that was that. | |
You wanted it all, Johnny, | |
I gave you more, Johnny. | |
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat. | |
Surabaya Johnny. | |
No one' s meaner than you. | |
Surabaya Johnny. | |
My God and I still love you so. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
Why am I feeling so blue ? | |
You have no heart, Johnny. | |
And I still love you so. | |
I would never have thought of asking | |
How you' d got that peculiar name, | |
But from one end of the coast to the other | |
You were known everywhere we came. | |
And one day in a twobit flophouse | |
I' ll wake up to the roar of the sea, | |
And you' ll leave without one word of warning | |
On a ship waiting down at the quay. | |
You have no heart, Johnny! | |
You' re just a louse, Johnny! | |
How could you go, Johnny, | |
And leave me flat ? | |
You' re still my love, Johnny, | |
Like the day we met, Johnny. | |
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat. | |
Surabaya Johnny. | |
No one' s meaner than you. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
My God and I still love you so. | |
Surabaya Johnny, | |
Why am I feeling so blue ? | |
You have no heart, Johnny. | |
And I still love you so. | |
Thank you! Thank you very much. |