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Johnny Too Bad Lyrics
Johnny Too Bad by The Slickers
Walking down the road
With your pistol in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
Walking down the road
With your ratchet in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
{organ solo}
Walking down the road
With your pistol in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
Walking down the road
With your ratchet in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock...
Walking down the road
With your pistol in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
Walking down the road
With your ratchet in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
Now you're too bad.
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.
Where you gonna run to
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock
With your pistol in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
Walking down the road
With your ratchet in your waist,
Johnny you're too bad.
Now you're too bad.
You're just robbing and you're stabbing and you're looting and you're shooting
Now you're too bad.
Where you gonna run to
One of these days when you hear a voice say come
Where you gonna run to
There will be no rock
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
There will be no rock...
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Awesome song. It talks about a "rudeboy" I guess, or just a wannabe 'gangsta' from the shanty towns that lives a life of crime and taking what he wants, when he wants. He carries a pistol or a ratchet in his waist pocket, and thinks he's "bad", but in reality people just feel sorry for him.
The song says that eventually karma will catch up with him, and he'll run for rescue, but it won't be there.