Johnny Was Lyrics - Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers

Woman hold her head and cry 

'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died 

From a stray bullet 

Woman hold her head and cry 

Accompanying her was a passerby, who 

Saw the woman cry 

Wondering, can she work it out? 

Now she knows that the wages of sin is death 

The gift of God is life 

Oh, oh 

Oh, oh 

Johnny was a good man 

Oh, yeah 

Woman hold her head and cry 

'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died 

Just because of the system 

Woman hold her head and cry 

Comforting her, I was passing by and I 

I saw the woman cry 

She cried, oh, oh 

Oh, oh, Johnny was a good man 

He never did a thing wrong, no 

Take it down 

Johnny went out on a Saturday night 

He never hurt anybody, never started no bar room fight 

Johnny never did nobody no wrong 

He never hurt anybody never-ever-ever-ever, johnny was a good man 

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, yeah-yeah 

Johnny was a good 

Johnny was a good man, I tell ya 

Johnny was a good man 

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny was a good man, yeah 

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny 

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny 

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny was a good man, hey 

On a top-floor flat in the middle of the night 

There's a man with rifle and Johnny in his sight 

I said oh no-no-no-no-no-no 

We can't let that kind of thing happen here no more 

Oh, no 

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, yeah 

A single shot rings out in a Belfast night and I said oh-oh 

Oh-oh 

Oh-oh 

Oh-oh 

Oh-oh 

Oh-oh 

Oh-oh 

Oh-oh 

Oh-oh 

Johnny was a good man 

Johnny was a good man 

Johnny was a good man 

Johnny was a good man, said 

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, hey, hey 

Can a woman's tender care 

Cease towards the child she bears, oh-oh? 

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, hey, hey, yeah! 

Too many Johnnies, too many Johnnies 

Too many Johnnies, somebody care 

I care!