It's his role we had you filling
How did we ever doubt you?
When they found me in the swamp face down in the mud
So I said to myself, "Stay right where you are"
We're all wrong without you
So I left the only folks I had known
'Cause when you ran you made us think that you were twice as bad
I left the only folks I had known
He confessed to the killing
Done found yourself a Ma and Pa
Johnny Bridie come home
Done found yourself a Ma and Pa
Couldn't get back and I couldn't go far
Come home Johnny Bridie come home
It's his role we had you filling
Said to myself, "Stay right where you are"
We're all wrong without you
Johnny Bridie come home
We didn't really mean to make you sad
I was fifteen then and hardly grown
Everybody said, 'Kid's no good"
Everybody said, "Kid's no good"
How did we ever doubt you?
Johnny Bridie come home
Couldn't believe the voice in my ears
Come home Johnny Bridie come home
How did we ever doubt you?
I was fifteen then and hardly grown
When the man saying, "No hiding, son"
Couldn't get back and I couldn't go far
Sweated it all out for nine long years
We're all wrong without you
He confessed to the killing
Come home Johnny Bridie come home
We didn't really mean to make you sad
At last I can go back where I belong
When they found me in the swamp face down in the mud
'Cause when you ran you made us think that you were twice as bad
