[ti:The Letter That Johnny Walker Read]
[ar:Asleep At The Wheel]
[al:23 Country Classics]
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[00:01.30]The Letter That Johnny Walker Read - Asleep At The Wheel
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[00:11.95]Johnny walker sat at a table in a bar
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[00:15.87]Minding his own affairs
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[00:19.82]Drinking his namesake over the rocks
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[00:23.62]He was drunk too drunk to care
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[00:27.23]When a girl from the bar walked up beside him
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[00:32.18]And this is what she said
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[00:34.95]She said a woman came by with a letter for you
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[00:39.40]This is what the letter said
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[00:45.18]Dear john please johnny please come home
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[00:51.57]I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed
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[00:58.34]And john if you don't hurry back I'll be gone
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[01:04.51]Yes that's what the letter said
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[01:08.22]The letter that johnny walker read
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[01:23.57]Then john he got up from the table
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[01:31.35]Slowly  he walked outside
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[01:39.18]He was thinking of his wife
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[01:43.07]And little children back  home
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[01:46.74]And how his drinking had ruined their lives
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[01:56.96]Then john he stared off  into that street light
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[02:03.44]And a vision filled his poor poor heart with dread
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[02:11.80]It was him lying drunk there in that gutter
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[02:18.91]Clutching in his  hand
[02:20.13]The letter that johnny walker read
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[02:24.20]And this is what it said
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[02:27.35]Dear john please johnny please come home
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[02:33.57]I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed
[02:38.71]
[02:40.69]And john if you don't hurry back I'll be gone
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[02:46.72]Yes that's what the letter said
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[02:50.45]The letter that johnny walker read
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[02:55.69]Dear john please johnny please come home
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[03:01.81]I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed
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[03:07.61]Oh and john if you don't hurry back
[03:11.88]I'll be gone