Well, he's long, long, lost John
Long, long, lost John

Lost John standing by the railroad track
A-waiting for the freight train [bad word] back
The freight [bad word] back but never made no stop
Lost John thought he'd have to ride the top

Well, he's long, long, lost John
Yeah, long, long, lost John

Well lost John standing by the railroad track
A-waiting for the freight train [bad word] back
The freight [bad word] back but never made no stop
Lost John thought he'd have to ride the top

Well, he's long, long, long lost John
Well, he's long, long, lost John

Well lost John standing by the railroad track
A-waiting for the freight train [bad word] back
The freight [bad word] back but never made no stop
Lost John thought he'd have to ride the

Well, long, long, long John
Well, oh yeah

I got it about at half past three
You don't look out, she's gonna spew on me
I'm [bad word]  railroad Bill
I'm [bad word] 

[Hello, Richard? Mo, Mo, I'm different, that's one of the problems with it.]