I'm an American, boys, and I've come a long way I was born and bred in the U.S.A.So listen up close, I've got something to sayBoys, I'm buying this round Well, it took a little while, but we're in this fightWe ain't going home till we've done what's rightWe're gonna drink Camden Town dry tonightIf I have to spend my last poundWhen I first got to London, it was pouring down rainMet a little girl in the field canteenPainted her name on the nose of my planeSix more missions, I'm goneWell, I asked if I could stay and she said that I mightThe warden came around yelling, turn out the lightsDeath raining out of the London nightWe made love till dawnBut when Johnny comes lately, comes marching homeThe chest full of medals and a G.I. loanThey'll be waiting at the station down in San AntonioWhen Johnny comes marching homeNow, my P-40 is a pretty good shipShe took a round coming across the channel last tripI was thinking about my baby and letting her ripHow it's got me through so farWell, they can ship me all over this great big worldI'll never find nothing like my North End girlI'll take her home with me one day, sirAs soon as we win this warBut when Johnny comes lately, comes marching homeThe chest full of medals and a G.I. loanThey'll be waiting at the station down in San AntonioWhen Johnny comes marching homeNow, my granddaddy sang me this songTold me about London when the Blitz was onAnd how he met Grandma and he brought her back homeA hero throughout this landNow I'm standing on a runway in San DiegoCouple purple hearts, so I'm moving a little slowThere's nobody here, maybe nobody knowsAbout a place called VietnamBut when Johnny comes lately, comes marching homeThe chest full of medals and a G.I. loanThey'll be waiting at the station down in San AntonioWhen Johnny comes marching homeThank y'all!Let's get a couple of these folks back up.I've got a friend from Galena Park, Texasnamed Rodney Crown.Rodney wrote this song about 12 years agoand I've been in love with it ever since.And I always wanted to play itand then I ran across the tapeand I learned that sucker.Now this song's called Brown and Rootand Brown and Root is the biggest construction companyin the southwestern United States,possibly in the entire world.After the Great Depression,them poor sharecroppers would come out of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisianaand go to Texas to get that good job with Brown and Root.Hell, $2 an hour if you can make carpenter.Brown and Root.