My Son, John (LP版)-Tom Paxton

[ti:My Son, John (LP Version)] [ar:Tom Paxton] [al:The Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help Wonder Wher I'm Bound: The Elektra Years (US Release)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]My Son, John (LP版) - Tom Paxton [00:02.75]My son John was a good boy and good to me [00:08.60]When we had hard times well he stood by me [00:13.78]We were in work and out of work and on the go [00:19.09]If he had complaints I never heard of one [00:24.65]He would pitch in and help me like a full grown man [00:30.49]My son John John my son [00:37.02] [00:42.25]My son John went to college and he made his way [00:47.91]Had to earn every penny but he paid his way [00:53.28]He worked summers and holidays and through the year [00:59.02]And it was no easy struggle that he won [01:04.35]But he laughed at the ones who thought he had it hard [01:10.07]My son John John my son [01:21.33]My son John got his uniform and went away [01:27.57]With a band playing marches he was sent away [01:32.76]And he wrote me a letter when he had the time [01:38.20]He was loosing his buddies one by one [01:44.16]And I prayed and tried not to read between the lines [01:49.56]My son John John my son [01:55.75]My son John came home yesterday; he's here to stay [02:01.60]Not a word to his father have I heard him say [02:07.11]He seems glad to be home but I can't be sure [02:12.69]When I ask him what he'd seen and done [02:18.38]He went up to his bedroom and he closed the door [02:24.16]My son John John my son [02:29.75]He went up to his bedroom and he closed the door [02:35.26]My son John John my son