I`m full of pride and my heart feels good
Got news from my fam`ly up in the woods
At last I can go back where I belong
Sweated it all out for nine long years
Couldn`t believe the voice in my ears
When the man saying "No hiding ,son"
So I left the only folks I had known
I was fifteen then, hardly grown
When they found me in the swamp face down in the mud
Couldn`t get back and I couldn`t go far
Said to myself stay right where you are
Done found yourself a Ma and Pa
Ev`rybody said the kid`s no good
Come home Johnny Bride come home
Johnny Bride come home
We`re all wrong without you
How did we ever doubt you
He confessed to the killing
It`s his role we had you filling
We didn`t really mean to make you sad
But when you ran you made us think that you were twice as bad
I left the only folks I had known
I was fifteen then , hardly grown
When they found me in the swamp face down in the mud
Couldn`t get back and I couldn`t go far
Said to myself stay right where you are
Done found yourself a Ma and Pa
Ev`rybody said the kid`s no good
Come Home Johnny Bride come home
Johnny Bride come home
We`re all wrong without you
How did we ever doubt you
He confessed to the killing
It`s his role we had you filling
We didn`t really mean to make you sad
But when you ran you made us think that you were twice as bad
(repeat last verse and fade out about line 6)