Johnny
worked in the gravel pit
Summer job and proud of it
Gonna make some money, buy a diamond ring
He was thinkin' 'bout Mary Lou
When he had his work to do
Slipped and fell and got pulled into the crusher
machine
His legs were mangled when they hit the stop
Can't pull him out cause he'd die of shock
No one heard the words he said
Chorus:
Interchange two phases
Were the words poor Johnny
cried
Thought he was delirious
so they never tried
It can be red black or
blue
Interchange just any
two
Misunderstood to the
very end
That's the way poor Johnny
died
Ooh wah ooh, ooh wah
ooh
Foreman's
name was Rammy Kirk
Boss's son and a first class jerk
He says there's only one thing to do
That's to run him through
Better get his girlfriend here
Before we hit the gears
Give him pills just to ease the pain
Cause we're losin' time
Mary Lou was in her prime
She says "I'll love you til the end of time"
Johnny says "I love you too but please..."
Chorus:
Bridge:
Now Johnny knew his AC
theory
Single and three phase
He knew what direction
things go
He knew a three phase
induction motor was easy to reverse
And likewise the machinery
it drove
Johnny
faded from consciousness
From loss of blood and the pills I guess
They drove Mary Lou home in tears
Not to see the end
Then they turned to the crusher machine
Turned it on and without a scream
They mixed Johnny with the gravel on the
other end
Now he's part of highway 105
The road to Mary Lou's he used to drive
Out there still at night you can hear him
say
Chorus:
