Now you know some fellahs, they want fame and fortuneYeah, and other fellahs they just wanna swingBut all I wanted all my lifeWas a TV set and a truck and a wifeAnd a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing.Yeah the TV and the truck I got on credit.And I got that girl with a little old Woolworth ringAnd life was warm and life was sweetBut still, it was kinda incompleteWithout a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing.chorus:Hey, John you walk the line,Do Deelia one more timeAnd when you do them CottonfieldsYou warm this heart of mine.So, one day I thought, Hey, I'm gonna do it!(That's what I said)So, I mortgaged the farm and pawned her wedding ring.I sold the gold tooth out of my mouthAnd jumped in the pickup and headed South.For a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing.I hit Nashville cold and wet and hungry.I said, I'm here, bring him on let him do his thing.But they told me down at the Old Pit GrillI'd have to go all the way to AndersonvilleFor a front row seat to hear ole Jonny sing.I found his house knocked on the door and it was openedBy a brown-haired girl and a baby with a teethin' ring.I said I seen you somewhere beforeBut don't stand there and block the doorI want a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing.(chorus)She said I'd have to go down to The OpryAnd the feller there said I'd have to wait till Spring.He said, We've been sold out for months and monthsAnd this poor insane fellah wantsA front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing.Well, he said a couple more things, and I started cryin'And then he laughed at me and that's when I started to swing.Well I bust through the doors in a roaring rage,Crawled over the crowd till I reached the stageFor a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing.(chrous)Then some crazy guard started shootin'I shot back, and the next thing I know I was wingedAnd on the floorWhen a guy in a voice kinda deep and lowSays, Boy that's a mighty long way to goFor a front row seat to hear ANYBODY sing.And I guess that judge, he weren't no music lover.I got fifteen months but that don't mean a thing.'cause' yesterday in the prison yardA show come through and HAR! de HAR!I had a front row seat to hear ole Johnny sing.(chorus plus some typical Shel ranting and raving)
Lyrics by Shel Silverstein
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