Johnny B. Blank Lyrics

An insurance agent named Johnny B. Blank

Ran a run-down debit on the poor West Bank

In the hardest of times he endeavored to be

The number one man in the company

"I'd prefer not to say what's become of my pay"

He stood up and spoke at a meeting one day

"But I hereby intend to reverse this trend

To triple my paycheck before the year's end"

"Good luck Johnny Blank" someone said with a smirk

"But the fact is the West Bank is all out of work"

Johnny looked at his colleague spoke steady and clear

"I'll be number one by the end of the year"

Oh Johnny

Positive thinking is all that you need

To succeed

From that day on Johnny Blank was possessed

Making pitch after pitch with fanatical zest

But no matter how hard he would push and persuade

He'd hear the sad song of the oil trade

"The rigs are shut down and the boats are asleep

It's not worth their while because oil's too cheap

My husband and brother my nephew and son

Have all been laid off as for money there's none"

Oh Johnny

Positive thinking is all that you need

To succeed

So Johnny would leave but would not overlook

To write down their names in his prospect book

And always he did the best he could do

And always the list of his prospects grew

Then at last the economy started to change

The price had gone up in the oil exchange

Business was booming as none had foreseen

From Buras to Boutte and in between

Oh Johnny

Positive thinking is all that you need

To succeed

Now Johnny B. Blank was on top of the world

As dozens of pages of prospects unfurled

He'd written their names when they couldn't afford

But now they had money and how it poured

In the last few months of that famous year

Johnny B. Blank secured his career

He tripled his pay for a job well done

And true to his word he became number one

Oh Johnny

Positive thinking is all that you need

To succeed

Oh Johnny

Positive thinking is all that you need

To succeed