Jeremy Wallace Follow

The early morning light falls
on a window in the hall
and she was sittin' in the kitchen
on a chair against the wall
and I think
it mighta been october
I'm not sure
I just knew it was getting colder

She writes a letter to her lover
still asleep beneath the covers
and a leaf outside a window
in the wind just kind of hovered
for a moment
then it started blowing
and like that leave
she was set on going

And she wrote
"I know when you waken
you will find
I've been most unkind
but just as I was
your first love
well, you know Johnny he
he was mine, he was mine
Johnny was mine

I never told you 'bout him
'cause he was in the county pen
for a hold up at a filling station
someone said he killed a man
and lookin' at 9 to 90
took all i had
to leave Johnny behind me

The other day while you was working
I was ironing my shirts
and heard a rumblin' in the driveway
and when i pushed aside the curtains
on the window in the parlor
well, there was Johnny
on the porch
lookin' like a hundred dollars

Well it seemed his lawyer knew the mayor
someone owed someone a favor
and so Johnny got out early
on account a good behavior
and now he makes an honest living
he's got a job somewhere in Boston
and he wants me with him.

Now in Johnny's glove compartment
There's a lease for an apartment
It's a little further north
than i'd wanted
but the road department's
payin' 50 dollars a day
and that' just enough for
me and Johnny and a baby"

And she wrote
"I know when you waken,
you will find
I've been most unkind
but just as I was
your first love
Well, you know Johnny he
he was mine, he was mine
Johnny was mine.

Well there's more to tell you but
I think i hear Johnny's truck
and I'll be halfway up the freeway
by the time you're waking up
and i just wanna say
I'm sorry
so long, good luck
and goodbye Charlie."

And she signed and sealed the letter
and she said goodbye forever
hesitating in the doorway
just to button up her sweater
she shivered
it was colder
now i'm not sure
it must of been october.

And she wrote
"I know when you waken,
you will find
I've been most unkind
but just as I was
your first love
Well, you know Johnny he
he was mine, he was mine
Johnny was mine."