Hall Tom T: Turn it on turn it on

Johnny got up one mornin' he went down to the company storeGot him a big box of bullets to fit into his 44The storeman said son are you gonna work you know you owe me too much to stopJohn said I got a little working to do but I ain't goin' by your clockPeople said John was a slacker cause he wouldn't fight in their warA man wasn't much if he wouldn't fight back in nineteen forty and fourThe doctor said John was just too sick to goBut the people said that he was a cowardAnd one of the men makin' fun of him was a feller named a Milton HowardMilton was down at the Cold Spring a drinkin' from a Mason jarHe said John you better get yourself to work you gonna fool around till you get firedJohn blew the dust from his old 44 put two holes in Milton's headWhen Johnny walked off to get some more shootin' doneThat old Cold Spring was a runnin' with redNext guy he met was a Steagall boy and the boy had a hammer in his handJohn said son you should've built yourself a boxCause you're aheaded for the Promised LandSteagall fell down to his knees to pray and he cried Lord Johnny please don't shootBefore he got half way to sayin' amen well old John shot him out of his boots[ dobro ]Word went out thru the County that old John had lost his headThe people were running and screaming there were seven of 'em layin' there deadJohnny hid out in a farmhouse he had satisfaction in his eyesHe said I know they're coming to get me boys but they ain't a gonna take me alivePeople gathered round that old farmhouse was the relatives of all them deadNow John said if the sheriff comes thru that door I'm gonna fill him plum full of leadThe sheriff kicked down that old farmhouse door but old John's gun would not shootJohnny just smiled at the sheriff and said the Lord must think a lot of youThey took old John to the jailhouse he entered in a guilty pleaThe judge said death in the electric chair cause it's murder in the first degreeJohn's last meal was a lot of fried chicken cold beans and a baby squashHe ate every bite that they brought him then he smiled and said I thank you all a lot[ dobro ]They put old John in the electric chair they shaved his ankles and his headThe preacher said son you got something to say in a minute you're a gonna be deadJohn said I ain't no coward and the people know that I won't runThen Johnny smiled up at the warden and said turn it on turn it on turn it on