Oh, was a tall man but his memory was short He'd forget to duck at doorways and often get hurt I good care of him for he had no family he did, but he forgot who they be
Johnny liked to go out on the town He'd forget where he'd be going so he'd just wander I knew when he was back for I would the smack Of his head hitting the doorway but it was alack
Johnny came headless, it was a great disgrace But wherever it's a-lying a smile upon his face I have seen it coming, he finally lost his mind But if his head don't turn up soon then all his are mine
Johnny came towards me but suddenly he As if to think of something but having no luck he didn't notice that his head weren't there 'Til he took out a and tried to comb his hair
I said, "Johnny where's your cranium?" but he seem to know He just shrugged his shoulders and tried to find his And the of him there topless made me start to cry For I feared ne'er again see eye to eye
Johnny came home headless, it was a disgrace But wherever it's a-lying there's a upon his face I should have seen it coming, he should stayed in bed For now I fear he'll spend his life trying to get ahead
Refusing to believe that he had for good His lower and me searched the neighbourhood It soon apparent that his head we wouldn't find it He not retrace his steps, he was absent minded
Well years went by til late one night I heard a I swore Was Johnny calling out to me, I flung open the Johnny's was home, it took a taxi cab Alas, it was too late, his body had bad
head was homeless, his body was cremated And the funeral was harder he had anticipated I should of seen it coming he said in his But never thought I'd have to say I got no-body
(I got nobody)
Johnny came headless, it was a great disgrace But now his head's upon a shelf, a smile upon his But now his head's a shelf, a smile upon his face