Johnny

Somewhere on the waterfront

Johnny's hiding with a gun

Swears he'll kill any man that tells his story

He ain't sorry for what he's done



He broke into a drugstore

Just to cure a daily need

He didn't mean to shoot the guard

But he was blinded by the greed



Oh Johnny (x4)



You see that nun, she's his sister

She doesn't know that he's gone bad

When they told it to his papa

It drove the old man mad



Just as his mother warned him

From her dying bed

It's alright to lose your heart

But never lose your head



Oh Johnny (x4)



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 gonna give

Five to four they blast him away

Three to one he's gonna live



Oh Johnny (x4)



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



It was just another juiced up junkie

Looking for a bed

It's alright to lose your heart

But never lose your head



Oh Johnny (x4)