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Artist: John Lennon
Canonical path: /john-lennon/long-lost-john
Related lyric paths: 6
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Long Lost John
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Long Lost John
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-"hmm, i think the piano maybe is better, i just realised the
......?..........hmm....hello, yoko...yeah!".
Well, he's long, long, lost john
Long, long, lost john.
Lost john standing by the railroad track
A-waitin' for the freight train to come back.
The freight train come back but never made a stop
Lost john thought he'd have to ride the top
Well, he's long, long, lost john
Yeah, long, long, lost john.
Well, lost john standing by the railroad track
A-waitin' for the freight train to come back.
The freight train come back but never made a stop
Lost john thought he'd have to ride the top
Well, he's long, long, long lost john
Well, he's long, long, lost john.
Well, lost john standing by the railroad track
A-waitin' for the freight train to come back.
The freight train come back but never made a stop
Lost john thought he'd have to ride the.......
Well, long, long, long john
Well, oh yeah.
I got it about at half past three
You don't look out, she's gonna spew on me
I'm gonna run, railroad bill
I'm gonna ru....
-"hello, richard? mo, mo, i'm different, that's one of the problems with
it"
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