June fell for Johnny on the fourth of July
As the fireworks popped in the summer sky
With a spark in her eye she just sat there and stared
As his face lit up to the rockets red glare
And by September she had asked him for a wedding band
How could she know he was a ramblin' man
He walked out the door in the dead of the night
And a sleepy voice whispered, as he turned out the light
She said: Where you gonna go, what you gonna do when you get there?
Who you gonna call when your road runs out at the sea?
Oh you're never gonna find someone who loves you like I do.
If you get tired of runnin' you can turn around and walk back to me.
He called her up to say he missed her a lot
The Texas pan-handle was as far as he got
He'd run outta money, he'd run outta luck
He'd run outta gas in his pick-up truck
Hitch a ride catch a train or a greyhound bus
'Cause there's a baby on the way and that makes three of us
And I need you here beside me I can't go it alone
She told him one more time as she hung up the phone
Sayin': Where you gonna go, what you gonna do when you get there?
Who you gonna call when your road runs out at the sea?
You know you're never gonna find someone who loves you like I do.
When you get tired of runnin' you can turn around and walk back to me.
The years just seemed to roll on by them
She missed him more and more every day
That boy grew up to look and act just like him
And she knew someday soon he'd be old enough to fly away (And she'd say)
Chorus: ((( RHYTHM GUITAR ONLY )))
Baby where you gonna go, what you gonna do when you get there?
Who you gonna call when your road runs out at the sea?
You know you're never gonna find someone who loves you like I do.
When you get tired of runnin' you can turn around and walk back to me.
If you ever get tired of runnin' turn around and walk back to me.