Somewhere on the waterfront, Johnny's hidin' with a gun

Swears he'll kill any man that tells his story, he ain't sorry for what he's done

He broke into a drugstore just to cure a daily need

He didn't mean to shoot the guard, but he was blinded by the greed

Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny

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 papa, it drove the old man mad

Just like his mama warned him from her dyin' bed

"It's alright to lose your heart, but never lose your head"

Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny

Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny

Look out

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 gonna give

Five-to-four they blast him away, three-to-one he's gonna live

Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny

Oh, Johnny, you better run

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 had been removed

Just another junkyard juicer lookin' for a bed

It's alright to lose your heart, but never lose your head

Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny

Oh, Johnny, oh, Johnny

Look out