Arrogant Worms The Johnny Came Home Headless Lyrics

Johnny Came Home Headless Lyrics

Oh, johnny was a tall man but his memory was short

 He'd forget to at doorways and often he'd get hurt

 I took good care of him for he had no family

 Actually he did, but he forgot who they be

 

 Johnny often liked to go out on the town

 He'd forget where he'd be going so he'd just wander around

 I when he was back for i would hear the smack

 Of his head hitting the doorway but tonight it was alack

 

 Johnny came home headless, it was a great disgrace

 But wherever it's a-lying there's a smile upon his face

 I should have seen it coming, he finally lost his mind

 But if his head don't turn up soon then all his hats are mine

 

 Johnny came towards me but suddenly he stopped

 As if trying to think of something but having no luck

 Still he didn't notice that his head weren't there

 'til he took out a brush and tried to comb his hair

 

 I said, "johnny where's your cranium?" but he didn't seem to know

 He just shrugged his shoulders and tried to find his nose

 And the sight of him there topless made me start to cry

 For i learned we'd ne'er see eye to eye

 

 Johnny came home headless, it was a great disgrace

 But wherever it's a-lying there's a smile upon his face

 I should have seen it coming, he should have stayed in bed

 For now i fear he'll spend his life just trying to get ahead

 

 Refusing to believe that he had split for good

 His lower half and me searched the neighbourhood

 It soon became apparent that his head we wouldn't find it

 He could not retrace his steps, he was absent minded

 

 Well years went by til late one night i heard a voice i swore

 Was johnny calling out to me, i flung open the door

 Johnny's head was home, it took a taxi cab

 Alas, it was too late, his body had gone bad

 

 Johnny's head was homeless, his body was cremated

 And the funeral was harder than he had anticipated

 I should of seen it coming he said in his eulogy

 But never thought i'd have to say i ain't got no-body

 

 (i ain't got nobody)

 

 Johnny came home headless, it was a great disgrace

 But now his head's upon a shelf, a smile upon his face

 But now his head's upon a shelf, a smile upon his face