Johnny Too Bad

Jimmy Cliff

Walking down the road

With an old blade in your hand,

Johnny too bad, that's what they say

Walking down the road

With a blade in your waist,

Johnny too bad, Johnny too bad

Don't you play come faking,

You're looking and mistaking,

Too bad

You're hurrying and you're shooting,

You're losing, told you,

You're too bad



Just one of these days,

You're going to make your woman cry:

Ooh, Johnny too bad

One of these days,

You're going to make your woman cry,

'Cause Johnny, you're so bad,

That's what they tell me about you

With you looking and sticking

Switchblade a-picking,

Too bad

Oh I told you, yes you did it,

Don't you, I told you, too bad

That's what they say about you



{guitar solo}



Walking down the road,

You're going to hear a voice say:

Go, Johnny, where you're going to run to,

Come that sweet day.

You may be walking down the road,

You're might hear a voice say:

Go, Johnny, where you're going to run to,

Come that sweet day

You might run to the rock for rescue,

You'll find a rock, you'll find a rock there

Run to the rock for rescue,

There will be no rock, be no rock at dawn



Walking down the road,

With a blade in your waist

(Johnny too bad)

Johnny too bad, Johnny too bad

Walking down the road,

With a blade in your, with a blade your waist

You're too bad Johnny, too bad Johnny, too bad Johnny

With your blade a picking, switchblade licking,

Too bad

With you licking and sticking, blade come picking,

Too bad, that's what they say about you

With your blade come licking, licking, sticking,

That's what they say about you

Licking, sticking, too bad



(J-J-J-J-J-J-Johnny)



Johnny go walking

Johnny go talking

Johnny go walking

Johnny go talking

Johnny go walking now

Johnny go talking

Johnny