Johnny Was - Alternate Mix

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
 Ooh
 Woman hold her head and cry
 'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
 From a stray bullet (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, ah-la, I know
 Johnny was a good man
 Ah-la, I know
 (Never did a thing gone wrong) Johnny was a good, good, good
 Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good man (Johnny was a good man)
 She cried, she cried
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 Oh, woman hold her head and cry
 As her son had been shot down in the street and died
 Just because of the system (system)
 Woman hold her head and cry
 Comforting her I was passing by
 She complained, then she cried (cried)
 Woah-ooh-woah, cry
 Yeah, I know
 Now I know, I know, 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? Yeah
 Woah-oh-oh (Johnny was a good man)
 Woman cry, woman
 (Never did a thing wrong) she cried, oh-oh
 She cried, yeah
 (Johnny was a good man) yeah
 Can a woman tender care
 Cease towards the child she bear? (Never did a thing wrong)