Johnny Was (Album Version)
Bob Marley, Guru"Johnny Was (Album Version)" is a song by Bob Marley, Guru, released in 1999 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:19 long and contains 27 lines and 133 words.
0:37Woman hold her head and cry
0:42Cause her son had been
0:44Shot down in the street
0:46And died
0:48From a stray bullet
0:56Woman hold her head and cry
1:02Explaining to her was a passerby
1:08Who saw the woman cry
1:14Wondering how can she work it out
1:21Now she knows that the wages of sin is death
1:27Gift of JAH is life
1:32She cried
1:40Johnny was a goodman
1:47Never did a thing wrong
1:52Woman hold her head and cry
1:58Cause her son had been
2:03Shot down in the street
2:09And died
2:09Just because of the system
2:30Woman hold her head and cry
2:38Comforting her was a passerby
2:46She complained then she cry
3:00Johnny was a goodman
3:06Never did a thing wrong
3:13Can a woman tender care
3:16She cried
3:19Cease towards the child she bear
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 Wondering how can she work it out Now she knows that the wages of sin is death Gift of JAH is life She cried Johnny was a goodman Never did a thing wrong 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 was a passerby She complained then she cry Johnny was a goodman Never did a thing wrong Can a woman tender care She cried Cease towards the child she bear
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