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JOHNNY STAR ( To Marty Robbins)
WORDS & MUSIC: HANK “HOLY ROLLER” RAY
GOLDFINGER PUBLISHING, 1997
On a fateful moonlit night a young man went into a bar
A clean-cut kid of 21 by the name of Johnny Star
He reached the place and walked right in where the lights were brightly shining
He saw that woman there on the stage and for her his heart was pining
For her his heart was pining
( Johnny…Johnny Star )
( Johnny…Johnny Star )
The blue-eyed belle of the barroom sang a song of broken dreams
She didn’t know they way she sang made his heart bust at the seams
The look she gave him stirred his mind but like all roses got their thorns
Blinded Johnny couldn’t see she was of devil born
She was of devil born
Johnny…Johnny Star
Johnny…Johnny Star
Then she walked right up to him and promised paradise
But lonely Johnny couldn’t see the devil in her eyes
When he returned the next day when work was done on the farm
He found the Belle of the barroom embraced by another man’s arms
Embraced by another man’s arms
Johnny…Johnny Star
Johnny…Johnny Star
Johnny…Johnny Star
Johnny…Johnny Star
A pride that’s hurt and a 44 don’t make good companions at all
He’s found guilty of double murder down at the County hall
When he stepped up the scaffold’s height, terror in his heart
His mother bitter tears did cry for her boy who’d die at dawn
For her boy who’d die at dawn
Johnny…Johnny Star
Johnny…Johnny Star
Johnny…Johnny Star
Johnny…Johnny Star
Johnny…Johnny Star
Johnny…Johnny…Star