Woman hold her head and cry
  Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
  From a stray bullet
    Woman hold her head and cry
  Accompanying her was a passerby
  Who saw the woman cry
    Wondering can she work it out
  Now she knows that the wages of sin is death
  The gift of God is life
    Oh, oh, oh, oh
  Johnny was a good man
  oh yeah
    Woman hold her head and cry
  Cause 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
  And I saw the woman cry
    She cried, oh, oh, oh, oh
  Johnny was a good man
  Never did a thing wrong
    Take it down
    Johnny went out on a Saturday night
  Never hurt anybody never started no bar room fight
  Johnny never did nobody no wrong
  Never hurt anybody never hurt anybody
  Johnny was a good man
  Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...
    Johnny was a good man
  [Repeat]
    In a top floor flat in the middle of the night
  There's a man with rifle and Johnny in his sight,
  I said oh no, we can't let that kind of thing happen here no more
  Oh no
  Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...
    A single shot rings out in a Belfast night and I said oh
  Johnny was a good man
    Can a woman's tender care
  Cease towards the child she bears
    Johnny [Repeat]