Johnny Walker sat at a table in a bar Minding his own affairs Drinking his namesake over the rocks He was drunk too drunk to care When a girl from the bar walked up beside him And this is what she said She said a woman came by with a letter for you And this is what the letter said Dear John please Johnny please come home I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed And John if you don't hurry back I'll be gone Yes that's what the letter said The letter that Johnny Walker read Then John he got up from the table Slowly so slowly he walked outside He was thinking of his wife and little children back at home And how his drinking had ruined their lives Then John he stared off into that street light In a vision filled his poor poor heart with dread For you see folks it was him lying drunk in the gutter Clutching in his hand the letter that Johnny Walker read And this is what it said Yes that's what the letter said The letter that Johnny Walker read Yes that's what the letter said The letter that Johnny Walker read