Bye Bye Johnny Be Good Lyrics - Singles - The Rattles

She drew out all her money at the southern trust 

and put her little boy aboard a greyhound bus 

leavin' Louisiana for the golden west 

Down came her tears from her happiness 

Her own little son named Johnny be good 

Was gonna make some motion picture out in Hollywood 

Bye bye, bye bye 

Bye bye Johnny good bye Johnny be good 

She remembered takin' money earned from gathering crop 

And buying Johnnys guitar at a broker's shop 

As long as he could play it by the railroad side 

And wouldn't get in trouble he was satisfied 

But never thought that there'd ever come a day like this 

When she would have to give her son a good-bye kiss 

Bye bye, bye bye 

Bye bye Johnny bye bye Johnny be good 

She finally got the letter she was dreaming of 

Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love 

As soon as he was married he would bring her back 

And build a mansion for her by the railroad track 

So every time they heard the locomotive roar 

They'd be a standin', a wavin' in the kitchen door 

Bye bye, bye bye 

Bye bye Johnny good bye Johnny be good