Johnny Lyrics - Thin Lizzy

Somewhere on the waterfront 

Johnny's hiding with a gun 

Swears he'll kill any man that tells his story 

He's not sorry for what he's done 

He broke into a drugstore 

To cure his daily need 

He didn't mean to shoot the guard 

But he was blinded by the greed 

Oh Johnny 

You see that nun, she's his sister 

She doesn't know that he's gone bad 

When they told it to his father 

It drove the old man mad 

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Just as his mother warned him 

From her dying bed 

It's alright to lose your heart 

But never lose your head 

Oh Johnny 

Now the cops have got him surrounded 

And he doesn't stand a hope 

He wonders how he could be in so much trouble 

Over just a little dope 

Five to one he gets away 

That's the odds I'm going to give 

Five to four they blast him away 

Three to one he's going to live 

Oh Johnny 

Back in the alley where he was slain 

I thought I heard something move 

Beside the trash can lay a heart and chain 

The picture had been removed 

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Just another juiced up junkie 

Looking for a bed 

It's alright to lose your heart 

But never lose your head 

Oh Johnny