Woman hold her head and cry,
'Cos 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, yeah?
Gift of Jah is life. She cried...
Chorus:
Ah-um, I, I know; Johnny was a good man.
I, I know; Johnny was a good, good, good,
Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good man".
(Johnny was good man), she cried, she cri....ed.
Woman hold her head and cry
As 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
She complained, then she cried
Chorus:
Whoa-oh, oh, ah
Yeah, I know now
(Johnny was a good man)
Said I know
(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)
Oh, woman cried
Woman, she cried, oh, she cried, yeah
Can a woman tender care
Cease towards the child she bears
Woman cry