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Intro 1

Verse 1

Woman hold her head and cry

Cause her son had been shot

down in the street and died

From a stray bullet

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Verse 2

Woman hold her head and cry

Ex plaining to her was a passer- by

Who saw the woman cry

Verse 3
Wondering can she work it out
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Now she knows that the
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wages of sin is death
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The gift of God is life
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Verse 4
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Oh, oh, oh, oh
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Johnny was a good man
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oh yeah
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Woman hold

Verse 5
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her
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head and cry
Cause her son had been shot down
in the street and died
Just because of the system

Verse 6
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Woman hold her head and cry
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Comforting her I was passing by
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And I saw the woman
cry
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She cried, oh, oh, oh, oh Johnny was a good man

Verse 7

Never did a thing wrong

Verse 8

Take it down

Verse 9
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Johnny went out on a Saturday
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night
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Never hurt anybody never started
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no bar room fight
Johnny never did nobody no wrong
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Never hurt anybody never
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hurt anybody
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Johnny was a good man
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...
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Johnny was a good man
(Repeat)

Verse 10
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In a top floor flat in the middle
of the night
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There's a man with rifle
and Johnny in his sight,
I said oh no, we can't let that kind
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of thing happen here nomore
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Oh no
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Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...

Verse 11

A single shot rings out in a Belfast

night and I said oh

Johnny was a good man

Can a woman's tender care

Verse 12
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Cease towards the child she
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bears
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Johnny (Repeat)