Johnny Don't Do It

 
              
 
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Johnny don't do it     Johnny don't do it 
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Johnny don't do it     Johnny don't do it 
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Johnny was an angel   An angel dressed in black 
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He used to hang around the guys  Down at the local track 
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He tried so hard to join them    But they always turned him back 
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Johnny don't do it   (He was an angel) 
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Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel) 
 
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He was only 17    Just got out of school 
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He stole a bike from Joe's garage    To prove that he was cool 
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He didn't know that the brakes were worn  And fate can be so cruel 
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Johnny don't do it    (He was an angel) 
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Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel) 
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Johnny don't do it     (Johnny don't do it) 
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Johnny don't do it     (Johnny don't do it) 
 
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Well Johnny went a  riding    With his girlfriend on the back seat 
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Looking for some action     And they found it down a  back street 
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Suddenly a truck pulled out    He tried to step on the brake  
 
 
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Johnny don't do it (Here is a news flash) 
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Johnny don't do it (Today, Johnny Kowalski, also known as Johnny Angel) 
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Johnny don't do it (and his young fiance Francine, were tragically killed) 
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Johnny don't do it (in a cycle accident) 
 
Don't do it, don't do it (any witnesses please contact) 
                    
Don't do it, don't do it (the police at Precinct 29) 
 
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Now Johnny's with the angels 
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The angels in the sky 
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I wonder if he thinks of us 
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As he goes riding by 
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If only he had listened 
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Oh the number of times we tried 
 
To tell him 
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Johnny don't do it   (He was an angel) 
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Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel) 
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Johnny don't do it    (He was an angel) 
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Johnny don't do it    (Such an angel)    
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Johnny don't do it 
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Johnny don't do it 
 
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