Johnny B. Goode Songtext
von Peter Tosh

Deep down in Jamaica, close to Mandeville
Back up in the woods, on top of a hill
There stood an old hut made of earth and wood
There lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never learned to read and write so well
But he could play his guitar like ringing a bell, yeah

He said go, go Johnny
Johnny B. Goode tonight, yeah
He said go, go Johnny
Johnny B. Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Sitting in a tree by the railroad track
Old engineer in the train sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by would stop and say
"Oh my, oh my, what a boy can play"


I said oh, go Johnny
Johnny B. Goode tonight, yeah
Said oh, go Johnny
Johnny B. Goode

Mama said, "Son, you gotta be a man
Gotta be the leader of a reggae band
People coming in from miles around
To hear you play until the sun goes down
For some day your name will be in the lights
Saying Johnny, Johnny B. Goode tonight"

I said go, go Johnny
Johnny B. Goode tonight, yeah
Said oh, go Johnny
Johnny, you better be good
I said go, go Johnny
Johnny B. Goode tonight
Go Johnny, Johnny B. Goode
I said go, go, go, go
Johnny B. Goode tonight
You can hear him play, Johnny
You better be good