Kim Fowley

Johnny B. Goode
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Way down in Louisiana down in New Orleans,
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
Where lived a country boy named of Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
He could play the guitar like ringing a bell.
(Chorus)

Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Johnny B. Goode

He use to carry his guitar in a bunny sack
and sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
the engineer could see him sitting in the shade,
Strumming to the rhythm that the driver made.
People passing by, ya know they'd stop and say
Oh my that little country boy sure can play

Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Johnny B. Goode


Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Johnny B. Goode

Well his mamma told him one day you'll be a man,
And you will be the leader of a big old band.
And people gonna come from miles around
To listen to you play until the sun goes down
And one day maybe your name gonna be

I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine
I told her that I was a flop with chics
I've been this way since 1956
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
She said "What you need is Love Potion Number Nine"
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
She said "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink"
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissin' everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissin' everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine

Only you can make this world seem right
Only you can make the darkness bright
Only you,and you alone can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you

* Only you can make all this change in me
For,it's true,you are my destiny
When you hold my hand
I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true
My one and only you

* Repeat