JOHNNY TOO BAD

JOHNNY TOO BADHaving a reggae morning, sitting up in bed and watching the magnificent film, The Harder They Come, with my husband! I love this film – raw, tough, colour saturated, with such extraordinary music. Johnny Too Bad, has such a gorgeous vocal and the purest, most wicked lyric by The Slickers with its apocalyptic denouement! ‘You're gonna run to the rock. For rescue, there'll be no rock!’ Indeed! Love Susie. x


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRm7j2UL3YY


Johnny Too Bad


Walking down the road

With a pistol in your waist

Johnny you're too bad

Walking down the road

With a ratchet in your waist

Johnny you're too bad

You're just robbin' and stabbin'

And lootin' and shooting'

You're too bad

One of these day's

When you hear a voice say come,

Where you gonna run to?

One of these day's

When you hear a voice say come,

Where you gonna run to?


You're gonna run to the rock

For rescue, there'll be no rock

You're gonna run to the rock

For rescue, there'll be no rock


Written by John Martyn