JOHNNY TOO BAD
Having 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