It Ain't 1918

Johnny was a soldier with the

Allies Johnny was a soldier all the way

Johnny was a soldier with a fun side

Johnny liked to laugh a lot each day

Johnny met a girl who was a beauty

Johnny never thought to live in sin "Do you take this girl?" "Yes I take this girl"

Johnny had a next of kin

They were happy as they were

So everything around would change

But they would never, ever change

It ain't 1918 except for these two it ain't 1918...

Everybody in

Missouri knows them

Everybody there has seen their car

Everybody seen their

Stanley Steamer

Everybody knows

It's Johnny's car

Wave as you see

Johnny drive to market

Watch a bit of past go steaming by

Johnny and his bride

Johnny and his car without a change of any kind

And they were happy as they were

Everything around had changed

But they had never, ever changed

It ain't 1918 except for there two- it ain't 1918...

Many people in

St. Lou are wealthy

A lady by the name of

Miller is

Wouldn't it be nice to help out

Johnny Kinda play a real life

Santa Claus

She and many other

St. Lou people

Bought ol'

Johnny quite a fancy car

And a modern home

Threw away his comb

Bought his wife a

Paris scarf

Johnny thanked the

St. Lou folk

But told them in a voice so sad

That he would rather stay as is

The people of

St. Lou were mad, and they said

It ain't 1918 for us or for you

If we can't enjoy it...

Then neither will you