Johhny Was Lyrics - 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 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 

(Repeat) 

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 (Repeat)