Johnny the Fox is the seventh studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). This album was written and recorded while bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott was recovering from a bout of hepatitis that put him off the road halfway through the previous Jailbreak tour. "Don't Believe a Word" was a British hit single. Johnny the Fox was the last Thin Lizzy studio album on which guitarist Brian Robertson featured as a full member of the band, as the personality clashes between him and Lynott resulted in Robertson being sacked, reinstated, and later sacked again.
Once Lynott had returned to the UK from the aborted US tour in June 1976, when they had been scheduled to support Rainbow, he spent time in hospital in Manchester recovering from hepatitis. He had an acoustic guitar with him and wrote the songs for Johnny the Fox during June and July, with one outing to play a gig at Hammersmith Odeon on 11 July. After his release from hospital, Lynott joined the other members of the band and travelled to Munich in August to record the album at Musicland Studios with producer John Alcock. Alcock has said that the decision to record outside the UK was for tax reasons.
It was the day after vacation
Heading back to school
Roll over, say goodbye
And whisper "I love you"
It floated up around the room
And drifted towards the door
Then the phone rang, the mailman came
Left me wanting more
Sometimes it just hangs in the air
Like a crime without a clue
But just like that you got me back
And you said, "I love you too"
I got my "I love you too"
I got my "I love you too"
I'm gonna squeeze it right out of you
That's when I know I got the juice
We both stared at the ceiling
There's always work to do
With all these mixed up feelings
Floating around the room
Like a lost echo hanging in the hills
Trying to find it's way back home
Closer and closer
Like a skipping stone
I got my "I love you too"
I got my "I love you too"
Well, it's all I ever wanted from you
That's when I know I got the juice
Later on that evening
Around the time I get so tense
The rooms seem like cages
The walls seem like a fence
I got my "I love you too"
Yes, I got my "I love you too"
And the whole wide world is waiting for you