A Tribute To Johnny ( We Need The Man In Black)

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Johnny, oh Johnny, we miss your singing so
songs about real living,  things not so long ago
songs about the good and bad and saving of your soul
songs about love and life and things we need to know
Johnny, oh Johnny, we miss your singing so
songs about hard living, songs of growing old
songs of picking cotton, crawling down that cotton row
songs about the country life most folks will never know

He sang about a fiery ring and how to walk a line
he sang about so many trains to name we don't have time
he sang about a river,  he sang about the blues
he sang about an Indian and a boy that he named Sue

He sang about some prisons, made famous by his songs
he sang unto the prisoners with stripes upon their clothes
he sang about plain ole folk and politicians too
sang about left and right, and in the middle too

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He sang to make a difference, if only that he could
he sang about war and peace and knowing where you stood
he sang to rich and famous and rulers over men
he sang to the down and out, those living on the mend

He sang about his faith in God and not ashamed to say
he stood upon what he believed, he would never sway
he sang about faith and hope and loving others too
he sang about what Jesus said, about the golden rule

With so much darkness in the world, things even looking black
if there's a way to get him back, we need the man in black
if only for a little while to sing a song or two
but got to think o' John would say, I did all I could do

Johnny, oh Johnny, we miss your singing so
songs about real living, things not so long ago
songs about the good and bad and saving of your soul
songs about love and life and things we need to know
Johnny, oh Johnny, we miss your singing so
songs about hard living, songs of growing old
songs of picking cotton, crawling down that cotton row
songs about the country life most folks will never know