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Lived his lifeâ¦uh, huh, huh
Law on his trailâ¦uh, huh, huh
Did more time than there are jails
Ohâ¦.Oh Johnny⦠Johnny damn the consequence
Born in Brooklyn in â42â¦shot dope at 14 wouldnât you
Went to Florida in â54 started in gambling and gaming whores
Oh Johnny⦠Johnny damn the consequence
Hit the Haight-Ashbury in â65â¦trying to make it come alive
Took a lot of acid, smoked a lot of weed
Johnny was lookinâ for what heâd need
Oh Johnny⦠Johnny damn the consequence
Had and old lady and a kid or twoâ¦didnât turn out like he expected it to
Johnny had something else on his mind
Like lookinâ for something heâd just never find
Oh Johnnyâ¦Johnny damn the consequence
It happened in Mexico in â86â¦the Federales got him, it was sixâ¦
In the evening when the sun went down
Johnny was lying in the soft cool ground
Oh Johnny,â¦Johnny damn the consequence
Now Johnny lies in an unmarked grave , far from New York and the home of the brave
And his epitaph reads he ripped and ran
Trying to discover what makes a man
Oh Johnny⦠Johnny damn the consequence
This is the way it begins and ends
for a lot of people I knew, they were my friends
Who wasted their lives on nothing at all
The world was so bigâ¦we felt so small
And just like Johnnyâ¦we damned the consequence
Wasted their lives on nothing at all
The world was so bigâ¦we felt so small
And just like Johnnyâ¦we damned the consequence