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, I saw the woman cry

She cried, oh, oh, oh, oh
Johnny was a good man
Never did a thing wrong
No!
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, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny

Johnny was a good, Johnny was a good man
I tell you Johnny was a good man
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Was a good man

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny was a good man

On 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, no, no, no, no, no we can't let that kind of thing happen here no more
Oh no
...Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny

A single shot rings out in a Belfast night and I said oh
Johnny was a good man
Johnny was a good man
Johnny was a good man
Johnny was a good man
Johnny was a good man
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Can a woman's tender care
Cease towards the child she bears? Oh

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, yeah!

Too little Johnnys, too little Johnnys, too little Johnnys
Run while you can!