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Johnny Was
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Bob Marley
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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)
Johnny Was (1976) - Bob Marley & The Wai...
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