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 BOB MARLEY - Johnny Was Lyrics

[Wo-o-o-o! Wo-o-o-o! Wooo!]
Woman hold her head and cry,
'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
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From a stray bullet.

Woman hold her head and cry
Explaining to her was a passerby
Who saw the woman cry [cry]
Wondering how can she work it out,
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah!
Gift of Jah is life. [life]
She cried: Ah-um, I - I know!
Johnny was a good man, I - I know! [never did a thing wrong]
Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good,
good, good, good man, [Johnny was good man]
she cried - she crie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ied!

Wo-ooh! Woman hold her head and cry,
As her son had been shot down in the street and died
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Just because of the system. [system]

Woman hold her head and cry
Comforting her I was passing by.
She complained, then she cry:
Oh-ooh-wo-ah, cry [ah-ah], yeah, I know now [ah-ah],
no I know, I know now: [Johnny was a good man]
Said I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. [Never did a thing wrong]
Ah! Ah! [Johnny was a good man]
Can a woman tender care, she cried, [Never did a thing wrong]
Cease towards the child she bear? [Johnny was a good man]
Wo-ho-ho-ooh! Woman cry, woman - [Never did a thing wrong]
She cried, wo-oh! She cried, yeah! [Johnny was a good man]
Can a woman tender care
Cease towards the child she bear? [Never did a thing wrong]
Wo-now, cry! [Johnny was a good man]