Johnny Lobo
K. Kristofferson
A Moment of Forever


INTRO: D  G  A  D



Once upon a dusty reservation

Somewhere in the land of Sittin' Bull

Johnny Lobo played with fire and dreamed of open spaces

Locked inside a Heaven gone to hell

All the dreams were gone but not forgotten

Murdered like the holy buffalo

Johnny Lobo knew the rules and grew into a warrior

Fightin' for his people and his soul


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D  G  A        D
Oh......Johnny Lobo
D  G  A        D
Oh......Johnny Lobo


Rooted down with lessons that he carried
Home from Vietnam to Wounded Knee
Johnny Lobo burned the flag he knew had been dishonored
Paid the price for thinkin' he was free
Someone set his house afire, burned it to the ground
With his wife and children locked inside
Later when the bitter tears were falling to the ashes
Somethin' good in Johnny Lobo died


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SOLO


In a darkened corner of a tavern
Burnin' down old memories again
Johnny Lobo stares into the smoke and dreams of clouds
Runnin' like wild horses with the wind
Holy phoenix rising from the ashes
Into the circle of the sun
Johnny Lobo's was burning 'mongst the embers
And the battle's just begun


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