Go Hide John
1972 · Starday 45-960 · Madison, Tennessee
- Artist
- Red Sovine
- Title
- Go Hide John
- Release
- Go Hide John / Tear Stained Guitar
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Starday # 45-960
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Madison, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Gene Crysler
- Genre
- Country · Truck Driving Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Go Hide John (Sovine, Red) Country
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Thank you, operator / Hello, Marie? It's me. I'm back / Go hide John / I'm gonna get 'im / I swear I'm gonna get 'im / I wrote you how I felt from Cam Rahn Bay / He burned his card and stole your love away / Now I'm back on the sweet side of the pond / And I thought I'd call and tell ya, go hide John / Might as well and tell him hell waits on an airplane / I depart these California skies at dawn / You thought the war and all its fire would kill me in the jungle / But I'm alive, it's time to go hide John / Oh, you'll get your divorce, I promise you / But ol' John won't be in church to say "I do" / He helped you cash and drink up all my bonds / And I thought I'd call and tell ya / Go hide John....I loved you, Marie, and I guess I still do / But I'm gonna get 'em, I swear I'm gonna get 'em
Notes
Starday 45-960 (S-9416), vocal, eagle-and-guitar label design; "Go Hide John" (Gene Crysler), 2:45, Drawbridge Music, BMI; produced by Hal Neely & Charlie Dick; ℗ 1972 Tenn. Recording & Publishing Co. Inc.; distributed by Starday-King Records, Box 8188, Nashville, Tennessee 37207. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born Charleston, West Virginia, USA
Themes
Soldier's Perspective · Vet · Jody · Draft Card Burning · Draft