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The early morning light falls on a window in the halland she was sittin' in the kitchenon a chair against the walland I think it mighta been octoberI'm not sureI just knew it was getting colderShe writes a letter to her loverstill asleep beneath the coversand a leaf outside a window in the wind just kind of hovered for a moment then it started blowingand like that leaveshe was set on goingAnd she wrote"I know when you wakenyou will find I've been most unkindbut just as I wasyour first lovewell, you know Johnny hehe was mine, he was mineSongtexteJohnny was mineI never told you 'bout him'cause he was in the county penfor a hold up at a filling stationsomeone said he killed a manand lookin' at 9 to 90took all i had to leave Johnny behind meThe other day while you was workingI was ironing my shirts and heard a rumblin' in the drivewayand when i pushed aside the curtainson the window in the parlorwell, there was Johnny on the porch lookin' like a hundred dollarsWell it seemed his lawyer knew the mayor someone owed someone a favorand so Johnny got out earlyon account a good behaviorand now he makes an honest livinghe's got a job somewhere in Bostonand he wants me with him.Now in Johnny's glove compartmentThere's a lease for an apartmentIt's a little further north than i'd wantedbut the road department'spayin' 50 dollars a dayand that' just enough forme and Johnny and a baby"And she wrote"I know when you waken,you will find I've been most unkindbut just as I wasyour first loveWell, you know Johnny hehe was mine, he was mineJohnny was mine.Well there's more to tell you butI think i hear Johnny's truckand I'll be halfway up the freewayby the time you're waking upand i just wanna say I'm sorryso long, good luck and goodbye Charlie."And she signed and sealed the letterand she said goodbye foreverhesitating in the doorwayjust to button up her sweatershe shiveredit was coldernow i'm not sureit must of been october.And she wrote"I know when you waken,you will find I've been most unkindbut just as I wasyour first loveWell, you know Johnny hehe was mine, he was mineJohnny was mine." Aus Songtexte Mania