Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Johnny Was, artist - Ky-Mani Marley. Date of issue: 17.02.2014
Song language: English
Johnny Was |
| 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 |
| Explaining to her was a passer-by |
| 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 saw the woman cry |
| She cried, oh, oh, oh, oh |
| Johnny was a good man |
| Never did a thing wrong |
| Take it down |
| Johnny went out on a Saturday night |
| Never hurt anybody never started no bar room fight |
| Johnny never did nobody no wrong |
| Never hurt anybody never hurt anybody |
| Johnny was a good man |
| Johnny, Johnny, Johnny… |
| Johnny was a good man |
| In 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, we can’t let that kind of thing happen here nomore |
| Oh no |
| Johnny, Johnny, Johnny… |
| A single shot rings out in a Belfast night and I said oh |
| Johnny was a good man |
| Can a woman’s tender care |
| Cease towards the child she bears |
| Johnny (Repeat) |