[LILIAN]
I had just turned sixteen that season
When you came up from Burma to stay
And you told me I ought to travel with you
You were sure it would be okay
When I asked how you earned your living
I can still hear what you said to me
You had some sort of job with the railway
And had nothing to do with the sea
You said a lot, Johnny
All one big lie, Johnny
You cheated me blind, Johnny
From the minute we met
I hate you so, Johnny
When you stand there grinning, Johnny
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat!

Surabaya Johnny, no one's meaner than you
Surabaya Johnny, my God, and I still love you so!
Surabaya Johnny, why'm I feeling so blue?
You have no heart, Johnny, and I still lovе you so!

At the start every day was Sunday
'Til wе went on our way one fine night
And before two more weeks were over
You thought nothing I did was right
So we trekked up and down through the Punjab
From the source of the river to the sea
When I look at my face in the mirror
There's an old woman staring back at me
You didn't want love, Johnny
You wanted cash, Johnny
But I saw your lips, Johnny
And that was that
You wanted it all, Johnny
I gave you more, Johnny
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat!
Surabaya Johnny, no one's meaner than you
Surabaya Johnny, my God, and I still love you so!
Surabaya Johnny, why'm I feeling so blue?
You have no heart, Johnny, and I still love you so!

Though your name should have told me different
I had hoped we would soon settle down
But in every saloon on the coastline
They would cheer when you came to town
And one day in a two-bit flophouse
I'll wake up to the roar of the sea
And you'll leave without one word of warning
On a ship waiting down at the key
You have no heart, Johnny
You're just a louse, Johnny!
How can you go, Johnny
And leave me flat?
You're still my love, Johnny
Like the day we met, Johnny
Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, you rat!

Surabaya Johnny, no one's meaner than you
Surabaya Johnny, my God, and I still love you so!
Surabaya Johnny, why'm I feeling so blue?
You have no heart, Johnny, and I still love you so!