Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya Lyrics

Lyric discussion by dustysniper 

Cover art for Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya lyrics by Dropkick Murphys

Where are the legs with which you run, When first you went to carry a gun You hadn't an arm, you hadn't a leg, You're a spineless, boneless, chickenless egg You'll have to be put with the bowl to beg

the dropkick murphy's are calling 'johnny' a coward for abandonning the battle and surviving, the enemy never slew him because he chickened out and left his friends for dead, so they are having a funeral for the 'friend' they once knew, he was a coward and because of this he is no longer the same man they once knew

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