Makes me cry

I encountered this song recently and again it makes me cry as I feel like Johnny, lost, needing a home.

And why are some many songs so sad, so recognizable. And why do so many people listen to them. They recognize them? Or just listen to the music, no matter the lyrics?\

And why do artists sing them? They also feel it? Can they sing without feeling?

And why do writers write them?

Johnny come home

Nobody knows the trouble you feel
Nobody cares, the feelin’ is real
Johnny, we’re sorry, won’t you come on home
We worry, won’t you come on
What is wrong in my life
That I must get drunk every night
Johnny, we’re sorry won’t you come on…
Use the phone, call your mom
She’s missing you badly, missing her son
Who do you know, where will you stay
Big city life is not what they say
Johnny, we’re sorry, won’t you come on home
We worry, won’t you come on
What is wrong in my life
That I must get drunk every night
Johnny, we’re sorry won’t you come on…
You’d better go, everything’s closed
Can’t find a room, money’s all blown
Nowhere to sleep, out in the cold
Nothing to eat, nowhere to go
Johnny, we’re sorry, won’t you come on home
We worry, won’t you come on
What is wrong in my life
That I must get drunk every night
Johnny, we’re sorry won’t you come on. home
We worry, won’t you come on home…