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Willie Nelson - Johnny One Time
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Lyrics:
So he told you that you're the dream that he's been searching for
And he told you that he's never met anyone like you before
And I can hear him telling you, your lips taste just like sherry wine
But did he tell you that he's known as Johnny One Time
Did he tell you that your heart will soon become
Another trinket on his bracelet of broken hearts?
Did he tell you that the morning sun will find you
Patching up your shattered pride and searching for the missing parts?
Did he tell you that the special love you're saving
Will disappear in flames of shame like mine?
Did he tell you that he's known as Johnny One Time
So he told you that he'd never lead your heart astray
And he told you that he'd love you forever and a day
And I can hear him telling you that he's the shy and bashful kind
But did he tell you that he's known as Johnny One Time
Did he tell you that your heart will soon become
Another trinket on his bracelet of broken hearts?
And did he tell you that the morning sun will find you
Patching up your shattered pride and searching for the missing parts?
And did he tell you that the special love you're saving
Will disappear in flames of shame like mine?
Did he tell you that he's known as Johnny one time?
Comments
9 years ago
Don Hicks
Not even Willie Nelson can successfully cover this great Brenda Lee classic. If you haven't heard the original release by Brenda Lee you are missing a great emotional rendition of "Johnny One Time". 10 years ago
MisterRetro
I think that Willie Nelson wrote this song which is probably the only reason he ever performed it. The only thing that makes this clearly a female song is the part of the lyric which talks about love disappearing "in flames of shame like mine". This could be fixed easily for a male singer (unless he wants to admit to being one of Johnny's many conquests) by changing it the "like mine" to "in time". It isn't unusual for a womanizer to boast about it to other guys so the male singer having knowledge of Johnny's exploits seems plausible.. With a minor change in the lyric, the male singer becomes a romantic rival or simply a nice guy with a warning about a real jerk. 11 years ago
Sharon Roden
I have never heard willie sing this. I like it, but Brenda lee sings it better. I know willie wrote this, But Brenda owns this song,I think it's just a girl song. To me anyway..Susan Raye comes in 2nd.11 years ago
david lincoln brooks
During WWII, the "absent lover" motif most often referred to the male GI.11 years ago
sstavsky
I found the lyrics for "Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week," and there's nothing in the lyrics that define the singer as a female (unless you're implying that women may be more likely to have this sort or sentiment than men, which I'm not sure of). Of course, you're right about "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down": Joan Baez sang it in the first-person male. And Cher's "You Better Sit Down Kids" was also sung in such a way. But it's more unusual the other way around.11 years ago
david lincoln brooks
Great question, sstavsky. It;s like Frank Sinatra singing, "Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)." Read the lyrics, and it's fairly plain that this is a "woman's" song to sing. Or then you get Joan Baez singing "The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down". It's a man's lyric, describing his wife, etc. Some entertainers are so magnanimous that they transcend gender.11 years ago
sstavsky
I'm still confused about this. I knew Brenda Lee's version first. So is Nelson singing this in the first person female (the reference to "flames of shame like mine")? Or is he singing it to a woman and saying that what she did to him, "Johnny" will do to her?12 years ago
Max Brand
Willie Nelson trying to sing like a soul singer would've made some folks laugh but he of course would find his own idenity in his singing that would make him the legend that he is.12 years ago
david lincoln brooks
There are "women's songs" so wonderful, so well-written and moving, that, as a man you admire so very much.... so you just go ahead and sing them, verbatim. This is a case in point.12 years ago
calindesmoines1
Back from the good ol' Wille Nelson days. Written by Doodle Owens & Dallas Frazier. Willie's best recording's were made from 1959-1971 on "D", "Liberty" and "RCA Victor Records". His original version of "Nite Life" was released on "RX Records" in 1959 and was credited to Paul Buskirk & His Little Men Featuring Hugh Nelson. It is still the summital version of the song written by Willie. Johnny One Time is from 1968 on RCA Victor Records.14 years ago
Barbara
niiceee. (: thanks for sharing! (:Related Videos
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