Unofficial studio version 3
Two, three
Well she drew out all her money from the Southern Trust
And put her little boy on the Greyhound Bus
Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand
On a one-way ticket to the promised land
Well hey little girl with the red dress on
There's a party tonight down in Memphis town
I'll be going down there if you need a ride
The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died
We drove down into Memphis, the sky was hard and black
Up over the ridge came a white Cadillac
They'd drawn out all his money and they laid him in the back
A woman cried from the roadside, "Ah he's gone, he's gone"
They found him slumped up against the drain
With a whole lot of trouble, yeah, running through his veins
Bye bye Johnny, Johnny bye bye
You didn't have to die, you didn't have to die
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[Fades out]
The above lyrics are for a studio version of JOHNNY BYE BYE recorded in January 1983 at Thrill Hill West, Springsteen's home studio in Beverly Hills, CA. See official studio version 1 for more details.
This version of JOHNNY BYE BYE was released on The Lost Masters Vol. 18 (Labour Of Love) [track 13] bootleg.
List of available versions of JOHNNY BYE BYE on this website:
JOHNNY BYE BYE [Official studio version 1]