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John and Josie's only child, young and handsome, fast and wildJoined the army at eighteen, left the army at eighteenDrifted then from job to job, town to town and love to loveSeven years forever til young Johnny came marching homeBut Johnny wasn't looking well, went into the hospitalDays turned into several weeks, Johnny kept on losing weightJosie said to John "Sit down", John cried "Oh God, not my son"Johnny left at twenty five, a hole as big as JupiterNothing stronger than the love John and Josie had for JohnnyThrew him his last birthday party, no one from the family cameNo one from the family came, turned John and Josie's grief to shameShame to anger, anger pain, nothing they needed more ofTwo years gone, the telephone is ringing in the dim-lit denBeneath the wooden crucifix that John had punched the day he learnedThat Johnny wouldn't live much longer, now a voice said to his father"John, we have a baby here and no one seems to want himThe baby doesn't have his parents, two months old and with their virus."Josie grabbed the phone from John, the two of them said "Yes, yes, yes"So John and Josie, over sixty, taking in a brand new babyNamed him Paul Antonio, Johnny would have loved himNothing stronger than the love that John & Josie had for JohnnySongtexteThe same love that they have for Paul, they're starting up the wheel againAnd of the fear the same could happen, losing Paul before his time comesJohn & Josie look right past it, they're basking in love's mighty presenceJohn & Josie don't have timeThey're basking in love's mighty presence Aus Songtexte Mania