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