The Slickers — Johnny Too Bad
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Walking down the road
With a pistol in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (whoo-oi)
Walking down the road
With a ratchet in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (whoo-oi)
You're just robbing and stabbing and looting and shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)
You're just robbing and stabbing and looting and shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)
One of these days when you hear a voice say: "come"
Where you gonna run to (whoo-oi)
One of these days when you hear a voice say: "come"
Where you gonna run to (whoo-oi)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no rock)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no way)
Walking down the road
With a pistol in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (whoo-oi)
Walking down the road
With a ratchet in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (whoo-oi)
You're just robbing and stabbing and looting and shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)
You're just robbing and stabbing and looting and shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)
One of these days when you hear a voice say: "come"
Where you gonna run to (whoo-oi)
One of these days when you hear a voice say: "come"
Where you gonna run to (whoo-oi)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no rock)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no way)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no rock)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no way)
With a pistol in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (whoo-oi)
Walking down the road
With a ratchet in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (whoo-oi)
You're just robbing and stabbing and looting and shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)
You're just robbing and stabbing and looting and shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)
One of these days when you hear a voice say: "come"
Where you gonna run to (whoo-oi)
One of these days when you hear a voice say: "come"
Where you gonna run to (whoo-oi)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no rock)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no way)
Walking down the road
With a pistol in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (whoo-oi)
Walking down the road
With a ratchet in your waist
Johnny you're too bad (whoo-oi)
You're just robbing and stabbing and looting and shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)
You're just robbing and stabbing and looting and shooting
Now you're too bad (too bad)
One of these days when you hear a voice say: "come"
Where you gonna run to (whoo-oi)
One of these days when you hear a voice say: "come"
Where you gonna run to (whoo-oi)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no rock)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no way)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no rock)
You're gonna run to the rock for rescue
But there'll be no rock (no way)
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Good vibes wash all over me while listening to this song.
Still like Steve Earle's version the best....
This whole album is so good.
Fantastic Album and track.
chinaski wrote:
This is the original version! UB 40 came along long after this group recorded it.
You think the UB-40 version is the original?!?
This is the original version! UB 40 came along long after this group recorded it.
Getting in the Groove with this one 
Absolute 10 - timeless
Pretty sure this was one of the first songs Steve Earle recorded after getting out of jail/treatment...
Always 10
SO good!
Cover by the sublime John Martyn is one of my favourite versions
Awesome
saw this film at the Uniondale Mini Cinema in '78 a midnight show, smokin' our own little spleefs and drinking mini Miller bottles
Quality cultural moment
saw this film at the Uniondale Mini Cinema in '78 a midnight show, smokin' our own little spleefs and drinking mini Miller bottles
Quality cultural moment
You think the UB-40 version is the original?!?
Just Bad.......
IMHO The best version I've heard ..... a real ear opener!
How does RP do this?
How does RP do this?
The Slickers wrote "Johnny Too Bad" in 1970 and released it on The Harder They Come in 1972. UB40 wasn't formed until 1978.