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	Current version of Tom T Hall Lyrics Turn It On Turn It On Turn It On (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-t-hall/turn-it/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Tom T Hall Lyrics Turn It On Turn It On Turn It On (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-t-hall/turn-it/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Johnny got up one mornin'						Johnny got up one mornin' he went down to the	1
2	He went down to the company store						company store Got him a big box of bullets to fit	2
3	Got him a big box of bullets						into his 44 The storeman said son are you gonna	3
4	To fit into his 44						work you know you owe me too much to stop John	4
5							said I got a little working to do but I ain't	5
6	The store man said, “Son are you gonna work						goin' by your clock People said John was a slacker	6
7	You know you owe me too much to stop?”						cause he wouldn't fight in their war A man wasn't	7
8	John said, “I got a little working to do						much if he wouldn't fight back in nineteen forty	8
9	But I ain't goin' by your clock”						and four The doctor said John was just too sick to	9
10							go But the people said that he was a coward And	10
11	People said John                            was a slacker						one of the men makin' fun of him was a feller	11
12	'Cause he wouldn't fight in their war						named a Milton Howard Milton was down at the Cold	12
13	A man wasn't much if he wouldn't fight back						Spring a drinkin' from a Mason jar He said John	13
14	In nineteen forty and four						you better get yourself to work you gonna fool	14
15							around till you get fired John blew the dust from	15
16	The doctor said John was just too sick to go						his old 44 put two holes in Milton's head When	16
17	But the people said that he was a coward						Johnny walked off to get some more shootin' done	17
18	And one of the men makin' fun of him						That old Cold Spring was a runnin' with red Next	18
19	Was               a feller named a Milton Howard						guy he met was a Steagall boy and the boy had a	19
20							hammer in his hand John said son you should've	20
21	Milton was down at the Cold Spring						built yourself a box Cause you're aheaded for the	21
22	A drinkin' from a Mason jar						Promised Land Steagall fell down to his knees to	22
23	He said, “John you better get yourself to work						pray and he cried Lord Johnny please don't shoot	23
24	You gonna fool around till you get fired”						Before he got half way to sayin' amen well old	24
25							John shot him out of his boots [ dobro ]	25
26	John blew            the dust from his old 44						Word went out thru the County that      old John had	26
27	Put two holes in Milton's head						lost his head The people were running and	27
28	When Johnny walked off to get some more shootin' done						screaming there were seven of 'em layin' there	28
29	That old Cold Spring was a runnin' red						dead Johnny hid out in a farmhouse he had	29
30							satisfaction in his eyes He said I know they're	30
31	Next guy he met was                   a Steagall boy						coming to get me boys but they ain't a gonna take	31
32	And the boy had a hammer in his hand						me alive People gathered round that old farmhouse	32
33	John said, “Son you should've built yourself a box						was the relatives of all them dead Now John said	33
34	'Cause you're a headed for the Promised Land”						if                         the sheriff comes thru that door I'm gonna fill	34
35							him plum full of lead The sheriff kicked down that	35
36	Steagall fell down to his knees to pray						old farmhouse door but old John's gun would not	36
37	And he cried, “Lord, Johnny please don't shoot”						shoot                       Johnny just smiled at the sheriff and said	37
38	Before he got half way to sayin' Amen						the Lord must think a lot of you They took old	38
39	Well, old John shot him out of his boots						John to the jailhouse he entered in a guilty plea	39
40							The judge said death in the electric chair cause	40
41	Word went out through the County						it's murder in          the first degree John's last meal	41
42	That old John had lost his head						was a lot of fried chicken cold beans and a baby	42
43	The people were running and screaming						squash He ate every bite that they brought him	43
44	There were seven of 'em layin' there dead						then he smiled and said I thank you all a lot [	44
45							dobro ]	45
46	Johnny hid out       in a farmhouse						They put old John in the electric chair they	46
47	He had satisfaction in his eyes						shaved                        his ankles and his head The preacher said	47
48	He said, “I know they're coming to get me boys						son you got something                  to say in a minute you're a	48
49	But they ain't a gonna take me alive”						gonna be dead John said I ain't no coward and the	49
50							people know that I won't run Then Johnny smiled up	50
51	People gathered round that old farmhouse						at the warden and said turn it on turn it on turn	51
52	Was the relatives of all them dead						it on	52
1	Now John said, “If the sheriff comes through that door							1
2	I'm gonna fill him plum full of lead”							2
3								3
4	The sheriff kicked down that old farmhouse door							4
5	But old John's gun would not shoot							5
6	Johnny just smiled at the sheriff							6
7	And said, “The Lord must think a lot of you”							7
8								8
9	They took old John to the jail house							9
10	He entered in a guilty plea							10
11	The judge said, “Death in the electric chair							11
12	'Cause it's murder in the first degree”							12
13								13
14	John's last meal was a lot of fried chicken							14
15	Cold beans and a baby squash							15
16	He ate every bite that they brought him							16
17	Then he smiled and said, “I thank you all a lot”							17
18								18
19	They put old John in the electric chair							19
20	They shaved his ankles and his head							20
21	The preacher said, “Son you got something to say							21
22	In a minute you're a gonna be dead”							22
23								23
24	John said, “I ain't no coward							24
25	And the people know that I won't run”							25
26	Then Johnny smiled up at the warden							26
27	And said, “Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on”							27

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