Breakin' Johnny Paycheck Outta Jail

from American Love by Camden Joy

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Wrote this mostly in 1989 but I rewrite it every so often.

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I will teach you right from wrong. You can follow right along. Give me all you got. I will tell you when to stop. And you will carry me along.

I will show you right from wrong, in the basement build a bomb. And as we blow your house sky high, you will pull me from the fire, and I will teach you right from wrong

I will tell you right from wrong, and in the morning I’ll be gone. If you let me wreck me your life, and promise me your wife, I might let you hear this song:

We’re breakin Johnny Paycheck outta jail. We’re waitin in the wagon, both hands on the wheel. We’re breakin Johnny Paycheck outta jail

There’s no right explanation for how we feel. The man Johnny shot I’m sure he meant to kill. But can you draw the guard’s attention, when they ring that dinner bell? We’re breakin Johnny Paycheck outta jail

Yeah we’re haulin Johnny Paycheck from his cell. Bring him Johnny Paycheck, what the hell. I know the fellow’s dead now. We’re breakin Johnny Paycheck outta jail.

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from American Love, released July 4, 2020
Drums by Lukas Lerner. Bass by Mark Lerner.

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lo-fi americana and caustic wit swirl about a 1970s suburban garage where a 1950s country band plays timeless originals and succinct gems.

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