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(wo-o-o-o! wo-o-o-o! wooo!) |
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Woman hold her head and cry, |
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'cause her son had been shot down in the street and died |
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From a stray bullet. |
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Woman hold her head and cry; |
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Explaining to her was a passerby |
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Who saw the woman cry (cry) |
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Wondering how can she work it out, |
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Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah! |
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Gift of jah is life. (life) |
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She cried: ah-um, i - i know! |
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"johnny was a good man," i - i know! (never did a thing wrong) |
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"johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, |
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Good, good, good man", (johnny was good man) |
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She cried - she crie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ied! |
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Wo-ooh! woman hold her head and cry, |
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As her son had been shot down in the street and died |
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Just because of the system. (system) |
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Woman hold her head and cry; |
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Comforting her i was passing by. |
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She complained, then she cry: |
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Oh-ooh-wo-ah, cry (ah-ah), yeah, i know now (ah-ah), |
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No i know, i know now: (johnny was a good man) |
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Said i know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. (never did a thing wrong) |
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Ah! ah! (johnny was a good man) |
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Can a woman tender care, she cried, (never did a thing wrong) |
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Cease towards the child she bear? (johnny was a good man) |
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Wo-ho-ho-ooh! woman cry, woman - (never did a thing wrong) |
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She cried, wo-oh! she cried, yeah! (johnny was a good man) |
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Can a woman tender care |
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Cease towards the child she bear? (never did a thing wrong) |
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Wo-now, cry! (johnny was a good man) |
