Song Description
-Winner of 2008 BMI John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship Competition
-Winner of NPR's "Whad'Ya Idol" on Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know
| Song Length |
5:31 |
Genre |
Pop - General, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool, Moving |
Subject |
General, Searching for Love |
| Similar Artists |
John Mayer |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
There's an old man who lives in this town, people like to call him Old Johnny Brown
Some say he's crazy and some say he's lazy, and some say he's out of his mind
Cause he just sits at the bar and he hasn't gotten far on that glass he's been nursing all year
He whispers, "Look at me, I'm Old Johnny
Don't go nothing to do, oh don't got nowhere to be"
And when the jukebox goes silent baby and the old records don't play
And when the music comes to a stand still, darling, you can hear Old Johnny say
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody to covet
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody worth loving
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody to covet
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody worth loving
Like you, like you, just waiting for somebody like you
So one day Old Johnny made his mind up and set out to find himself a bonnie lass
He searched the ground and the sky but he couldn't find a woman alas
So he sat on the ground and he let out a frown, was he to live forever alone?
Then out the corner of his eye he saw Ms. Molly Malone
And the fields fell silent, as predator watched its prey
And in the silence of the hunt, darling, you can hear Old Johnny say
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody to covet
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody worth loving
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody to covet
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody worth loving
Like you, like you, just waiting for somebody like you
So Johnny went up and said, "Hello, dear," and laid down his best pick up line
Molly turned round with a swift kick to the jaw and Johnny fell back on the lawn
Molly said, "Boy, better watch your step, cause baby, this rose has thorns,
And I will make you bleed before you make me beg, so try that line on someone else instead,"
And Molly took her bags and packed up, and picked up and walked away
Had she stayed a little longer, she might have heard Old Johnny say,
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody to hurt me
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody to hurt me
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody to hurt me
All my life, I was just waiting for somebody to hurt me