Ich muss mal ein wenig Werbung für einen Track machen, der hier bisher viel zu kurz kommt.
A band firing on all cylinders. Brian Downey is one hell of a drummer.
In der Studioversion nicht weniger grandios.
Somewhere on the waterfront Johnny’s hiding with a gun,
swears he’ll kill any man that tells his story, he’s not sorry for what he’s done,
he broke into a drugstore just to cure a daily need,
didn’t mean to shoot the guard but he was blinded by the greed
Oh Johnny
Oh Johnny
You see that nun, she’s his sister, she doesn’t know that he’s gone bad,
when they told it to his father it drove the old man mad,
just like his mother warned him from her dying bed
it’s alright to lose your heart but never lose your head
Oh Johnny
Oh Johnny
Now the cops have got him surrounded and he doesn’t stand a hope,
he wonders how he could be in so much trouble over just a little dope,
five to one he gets away that’s the odds I’m going to give,
five to four they blast him away, three to one he’s going to live
Oh Johnny
Oh Johnny
Back in the alley where he was slain thought I heard something move,
beside the trash can lay a heart and chain, the picture was removed,
just another junkyard juicer looking for a bed,
it’s alright to lose your heart but never lose your head
Oh Johnny
Oh Johnny
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there's room at the top they are telling you still but first you must learn how to smile as you kill