Poor Johnny Songtext
von Robert Cray

Have a seat and I′ll tell you a tale
Wasn't that long ago
′Bout a guy who turned out to be a cheater
Got the heater, so the story goes
He tried to play one thing on two friends
Thinkin' that they'd never know
And they said he got caught in a trap
And it snapped, he′s not around anymore

Poor Johnny came home lookin′ cool one day
Just wasn't lucky to come out that way
Once from the left, then again from the right
They took him down, late that night
Oh yeah

Everyone in town knew he always made the rounds
How the word was said
All the money and the clothes and the cars that he drove
Just kept his ego fed


To his friends, he was king
′Cause he thought of everything
All except his number one
Man, she had the kids at the house
While he was always out
Leaving his homework undone
Shame on you, buddy

Poor Johnny came home lookin' cool one day
Just wasn′t lucky to come out that way
Once from the left, then again from the right
They took him down, late that night
Oh yes

Then one day his luck ran out
When number two found a number and she called his house
Word on the street is that they talked all night
They had to teach him a lesson
They had to make things right

Poor Johnny, he came home lookin' cool one day
Just wasn′t lucky to come out that way
Once from the left, then again from the right
They took him down, late that night, yeah, yeah
Oh, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny came home lookin' cool one day
Hey, just wasn't lucky to come out that way
Once from the left, then again from the right
They took him down, late that night
Oh yes, they did what they had to do to poor Johnny