Song: Johnny ~~ 1993 ~~ 4:19
Artist: Lucky Dube
LP/CD: Victims ~~ Shanachie ~~ 1993
Composer: Lucky Dube

Johnny, Johnny

Ow, huh, Johnny

Johnny was a good boy
According to his mother
But when she wasn’t lookin’
Johnny became a bad boy

He got into drugs, yeah
Oh, poor Johnny
One day he double crossed, yeah
And it cost him his life

She couldn’t believe it when she saw him lying on the ground
In a pool of blood, yeah
Her only hope, her only son
She said, “Oh, Johnny”

With her hands above her head
She cried and said, “Johnny, Johnny
How can you do something like that to me, Johnny”
Oh, she cried and said

Oh, Johnny
You broke my heart
Oh, Johnny
You make me cry, cry

Oh, Johnny
You broke my heart
Oh, Johnny
You make me cry, cry, cry

Her only hope, her only boy lying on the ground in a pool of blood
She said, “Johnny, remember how I raised you, boy?”
You could have been a doctor, you could have been a teacher
Oh, Johnny

With her hands above her head
She cried and said, “Johnny, Johnny
How can you do something like this to me
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny”

She said, “I took you to the best schools in the country, boy
Spent my last dime on you, Johnny”
Thought you would be my shoulder to cry on, Johnny
Her only boy, her only son lying on the ground in a pool of blood
She couldn’t hold back her tears, “Oh, Johnny”

With her hands above her head
She cried, “Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
How can you do something like that to me
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny”

Oh, Johnny (Why you make her cry?)
You broke my heart
Oh, Johnny (Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, bad boy)
You make me cry, cry

Oh, Johnny
You broke my heart
Oh, Johnny
You make me cry, cry, cry

Oh, Johnny
You broke my heart
Oh, Johnny

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: January 8, 1998