Handsome Johnny
This Richie Havens cover was recorded as part of a demo tape that included "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere," "Killer On The Radio," and the "Batman Theme to book gigs in the earliest years of the band, before The Flaming Lips EP.
Flaming Lips Version
Hey, look over there now, and tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Dunkirk
It looks like Handsome Johnny, with his carbine in his hand
He's Marching to the Dunkirk war
Yeah, marching to the Dunkirk War
One, two, three, four
Ooo, all right
Hey, look over there now, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Korea
Looks like Handsome Johny with his M1 in his hand
He's marching to the Korean War
Yeah, he's marching to the Korean War
Hey, hey look over there now, and tell me what you see
Marching through the fields of Saigon
It looks like Handsome Johnny with his M16 in his hand
He's marching to the Vietnam War now
He's marching to the Vietnam War
Whoo, oww
Hey, what's the sense of singing all these songs anyway
'Cause some of you are not listening
Guess I'll just sit back and I'm waitin' I guess
For the bullets to stop whistling
Here comes the neutron bombs
And here comes those guided missiles
I can almost hear its whistle
And I can almost hear its whistle
And here it comes, here it comes
And here it comes, and here it comes
Here it comes, here it comes
Here it comes, one, two, three, four
Yeah!
Hey, look over there now, and tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Dunkirk
It looks like Handsome Johnny, with his carbine in his hand
He's Marching to the Dunkirk war
Yeah, marching to the Dunkirk War
One, two, three, four
Hey, look over there now, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Korea
Looks like Handsome Johny with his M1 in his hand
He's marching to the Korean War
Yeah, he's marching to the Korean War
Marching through the fields of Saigon
It looks like Handsome Johnny with his M16 in his hand
He's marching to the Vietnam War now
He's marching to the Vietnam War
Hey, what's the sense of singing all these songs anyway
'Cause some of you are not listening
Guess I'll just sit back and I'm waitin' I guess
For the bullets to stop whistling
Here comes the neutron bombs
And here comes those guided missiles
I can almost hear its whistle
And I can almost hear its whistle
And here it comes, here it comes
And here it comes, and here it comes
Here it comes, here it comes
Here it comes, one, two, three, four

