Al Anderson - Johnny Was (Original) 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 pa**erby Who saw the woman cry Wondering how can she work it out Now she knows that the wages of sin is d**h The gift of Jah is life She cried Oh, oh, ah-la a moan Johnny was a good man Ah-la a moan Johnny was a good, good, good, good man She cried, She cried 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 pa**ing by She complained, then she cried Whoa-oh, oh, ah Yeah, I know now (Johnny was a good man) Said I know (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) Oh, woman cried Woman, she cried, oh, she cried, yeah Can a woman tender care Cease towards the child she bears 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 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 no more 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 Johnny