[ti:The Letter That Johnny Walker Read (Digitally Remastered 03)] [ar:Asleep At The Wheel] [al:20 Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Letter That Johnny Walker Read - Asleep At The Wheel [00:11.21]Johnny walker sat at a table in a bar [00:15.20]Minding his own affairs [00:19.18]Drinking his namesake over the rocks [00:22.68]He was drunk too drunk to care [00:26.55]When a girl from the bar walked up beside him [00:31.10]And this is what she said [00:33.71]She said a woman came by with a letter for you [00:38.36]And this is what the letter said [00:44.63]Dear john please johnny please come home [00:51.11]I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed [00:57.68]And john if you don't hurry back I'll be gone [01:03.64]Yes that's what the letter said [01:06.81]The letter that johnny walker read [01:22.18]Then john he got up from the table [01:30.84]Slowly so slowly he walked outside [01:38.39]He was thinking of his wife and little children back at home [01:46.04]And how his drinking had ruined their lives [01:55.79]Then john he stared off off into that street light [02:02.43]And a vision filled his poor poor heart with dread [02:10.20]For you was him [02:13.21]Lying drunk there in that gutter [02:18.37]Clutching in his little own hand [02:20.47]The letter that johnny walker read [02:23.94]And this is what it said [02:26.42]Dear john please johnny please come home [02:33.32]I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed [02:40.55]And john if you don't hurry back I'll be gone [02:46.55]Yes that's what the letter said [02:49.72]The letter that johnny walker read [02:55.00]Dear john please johnny please come home [03:01.69]I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed