Johnny Was

Lyrics

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 passerby  
Who saw the woman cry (cry)  
Wondering how can she work it out  
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah!  
Gift of jah is life (life)  
She cried: ah-um, I know!  
"Johnny was a good man," I know! (never did a thing wrong)  
"Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good  
Good, good, good man", (Johnny was good man)  
She cried  
  
Wo-ooh! woman hold her head and cry  
As 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  
She complained, then she cry  
Oh-ooh-wo-ah, cry (ah-ah), yeah, I know now (ah-ah)  
No I know, I know now: (Johnny was a good man)  
Said I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm (never did a thing wrong)  
Ah! ah! (Johnny was a good man)  
Can a woman tender care, she cried, (never did a thing wrong)  
Cease towards the child she bear? (Johnny was a good man)  
Wo-ho-ho-ooh! woman cry, woman (never did a thing wrong)  
She cried, wo-oh! she cried, yeah! (Johnny was a good man)  
Can a woman tender care  
Cease towards the child she bear? (never did a thing wrong)  
Wo-now, cry! (Johnny was a good man)