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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 2 of Tom T Hall Lyrics Turn It On Turn It On Turn It On (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-t-hall/turn-it/v2.html) Version 2 of the lyrics
1	Johnny got up one mornin'						Johnny got up one morning; 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 store man said, "Son, are	3
4	To fit into his 44						you gonna work? You know you owe me too much to	4
5							stop." John said, "I got a little	5
6	The store man said, “Son are you gonna work						workin' to do but I ain't goin' by your	6
7	You know you owe me too much to stop?”						clock."	7
1	John said, “I got a little working to do							1
8	But I ain't goin' by your clock”						People said John was a slacker, 'cause he wouldn't	8
9							fight in their war A man wasn't much if he	9
10	People said John was a slacker						wouldn't fight back in 1940 and 4 The doctor said	10
11	'Cause he wouldn't fight in their war						John was just too sick to go, but the people said	11
12	A man wasn't much if he wouldn't fight back						that                        he was a coward And one of the men makin' fun	12
13	In nineteen forty and four						of him was a fellow named Milton Howard	13
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14	The doctor said John was just too sick to go						Milton                     was down at the cold spring, a-drinkin'	14
15	But the people said that he was a coward						from                                   a mason jar He said, "John, you better	15
16	And one of the men makin' fun of him						get yourself to work or you're gonna fool around	16
17	Was a feller named a Milton Howard						'til you get fired." John blew the dust from	17
18							his old .44, put two holes in Milton's head When	18
19	Milton was down at the Cold Spring						Johnny walked off to get some more shootin' done,	19
20	A drinkin' from a Mason jar						that ol' cold spring was a-runnin' red	20
3	He said, “John you better get yourself to work							3
21	You gonna fool around till you get fired”						Next guy he met was a Stigall boy, and the boy had	21
22							a hammer in his hand John said "Son, you	22
23	John blew the dust from his old 44						should've built yourself a box, 'cause you're a	23
24	Put two holes in Milton's head						headed for the Promised Land." Stigall fell	24
25	When Johnny walked off to get some more shootin' done						down                      to his knees to pray, and he cried	25
26	That old Cold Spring was a runnin' red						"Lord, Johnny please don't shoot!"	26
27							Before he got halfway to saying "Amen",	27
28	Next guy he met was a Steagall boy						well old Johnny shot him out of his boots	28
4	And the boy had a hammer in his hand							4
29	John said, “Son you should've built yourself a box						Word went out through the county, that old John	29
30	'Cause you're a headed for the Promised Land”						had lost his head The people were runnin' and	30
31							screamin'; there were seven of 'em lyin' there	31
32	Steagall fell down to his knees to pray						dead Johnny hid out in a farmhouse; he had	32
33	And he cried, “Lord, Johnny please don't shoot”						satisfaction in his eyes He said "I know	33
34	Before he got half way to sayin' Amen						they're coming                 to get me, boys, but they ain't	34
35	Well, old John shot him out of his boots						a-gonna take me alive."	35
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36	Word went out through the County						People gathered 'round that old farmhouse; it was	36
37	That old                           John had lost his head						the relatives of all them dead Now John said,	37
38	The people were running and screaming						"If the sheriff comes through that door I'm	38
39	There were seven              of 'em layin' there dead						gonna fill him plumb full of lead." The	39
40							sheriff kicked down that old farmhouse door, but	40
41	Johnny hid out in a farmhouse						old John's gun would not shoot Johnny just smiled	41
42	He had satisfaction in his eyes						at the sheriff and said, "The Lord must think	42
43	He said, “I know they're coming to get me boys						a lot of you."	43
6	But they ain't a gonna take me alive”							6
44							They took old John to the jailhouse; he entered in	44
45	People gathered round that old farmhouse						a guilty plea The judge said death in the electric	45
46	Was                           the relatives of all them dead						chair, 'cause it's murder in the first degree	46
47	Now John said, “If the sheriff comes through that door						John's last meal was a lot of fried chicken, cold	47
48	I'm gonna fill him plum full of lead”						beans and baby squash He ate every bite that they	48
49							brought him, then he smiled and said, "I	49
50	The sheriff kicked down that old farmhouse door						thank you all a lot."	50
7	But old John's gun would not shoot							7
51	Johnny just smiled at     the sheriff						They put old John in the electric chair; they	51
52	And said, “The Lord must think a lot of you”						shaved his ankles and his head The preacher said,	52
53							"Son, have you got something to say; in a	53
54	They took old             John to the jail house						minute you're a-gonna be dead." John said,	54
55	He entered in a guilty plea						"I ain't no coward, and the people know that	55
56	The judge said, “Death in the electric chair						I won't run." Then Johnny smiled up at the	56
57	'Cause it's murder in the first degree”						warden and said, "Turn it on, turn it on,	57
58							turn it on!"	58
8	John's last meal was a lot of fried chicken							8
9	Cold beans and a baby squash							9
10	He ate every bite that they brought him							10
11	Then he smiled and said, “I thank you all a lot”							11
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13	They put old John in the electric chair							13
14	They shaved his ankles and his head							14
15	The preacher said, “Son you got something to say							15
16	In a minute you're a gonna be dead”							16
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18	John said, “I ain't no coward							18
19	And the people know that I won't run”							19
20	Then Johnny smiled up at the warden							20
21	And said, “Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on”							21

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