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Bye Bye Johnny

This version of Bye Bye Johnny was released by Status Quo in 1975.

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Well she drew out all her money from the Southern trust
And put her little boy aboard a greyhound bus
Leaving Louisiana for the golden west
Down came the tears from her happiness
Her own little son, named Johnny B. Goode
Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood

I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye,
I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode

She remembered taking money out from gathering crops
And buying Johnny’s guitar at a broker shop
As long as he would play it by the railroad side
And wouldn’t get in trouble she’d be satisfied
Never thought there’d ever come a day like this
When she had to give her son a goodbye kiss

I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye,
I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode

Well she finally got the letter she was dreaming of
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
As soon as he was married he would bring her back
And build a mansion for them by the railroad track
Every time she heard a locomotive roar
She’d be standing and a-waiting by the kitchen door

I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye,
I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode

I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye,
I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode
I said bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye bye-bye,
I said bye-bye Johnny, bye-bye Johnny B. Goode

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Status Quo has released many songs over the years besides Bye Bye Johnny. Status Quo released songs from 1968 to 2007 spanning across albums like Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo, Spare Parts, Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello!, Quo, On The Level, Blue For You, Rockin' All Over The World, If You Can't Stand The Heat, Whatever You Want, Just Supposin', Never Too Late, 1+9+8+2, Back To Back, In The Army Now, Ain't Complaining, Perfect Remedy, Rock 'Til You Drop, Thirsty Work, Don't Stop, Under The Influence, Famous In The Last Century, Heavy Traffic, The Party Ain't Over Yet, and In Search Of The Fourth Chord. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Status Quo.

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About Lyrics and Bye Bye Johnny by Status Quo

The lyrics for Bye Bye Johnny are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Status Quo. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Bye Bye Johnny have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Bye Bye Johnny - Status Quo and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Bye Bye Johnny by Status Quo in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Bye Bye Johnny" means the words set to the music of Bye Bye Johnny, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Bye Bye Johnny and the lyrics to Bye Bye Johnny are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bye Bye Johnny, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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