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Well she drew out all her money from the Southern trust |
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And put her little boy aboard a greyhound bus |
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Leaving Louisiana for the golden west |
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Down came the tears from her happiness |
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Her own little son, named Johnny B. Goode |
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Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood |
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I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye, |
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I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode |
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She remembered taking money out from gathering crops |
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And buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop |
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As long as he would play it by the railroad side |
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And wouldn't get in trouble she'd be satisfied |
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Never thought there'd ever come a day like this |
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When she had to give her son a goodbye kiss |
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I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye, |
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I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode |
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Well she finally got the letter she was dreaming of |
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Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love |
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As soon as he was married he would bring her back |
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And build a mansion for them by the railroad track |
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Every time she heard a locomotive roar |
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She'd be standing and a-waiting by the kitchen door |
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I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye, |
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I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode |
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I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye, |
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I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode |
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I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye, |
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I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode |