
John Hardy getting away poor boy
Might have seen John Hardy getting away
John Hardy went up upon that freestone bridge…
There he thought he would be free
Up stepped a deputy and he caught him by the arm
Saying Johnny come and go with me poor boy
Johnny come and go…
…with me
Johnny come and go with me poor boy
Johnny come and go with me
John Hardy had a mother and a father too
He sent for them to come and go…

John Hardy getting away poor boy
might have seen John Hardy getting away
John Hardy went up upon that freestone bridge…
…there he thought he would be free
Up stepped a deputy and he caught him by the arm
saying Johnny come and go with me poor boy
Johnny come and go…
…with me
Johnny come and go with me poor boy
Johnny come and go with me
John Hardy had a mother and a father too
he sent for them to come and go…
By The Gun Club (1982)
On album Miami (1984)

Hardy gettin' away, poor boy
See John Hardy gettin' away
Well, John Hardy went up to that free stone bridge
Where…
…there, he thought he was free
A dare the man, who called nobody his own
Said, "Johnny come and go with me", poor boy
Johnny come and go…
…"Johnny, I've been true to you", poor boy
"Johnny, I've been true to you", she said
John Hardy sent out to the East Coast
Sent…

…Johnny Hart, he was a desperate little man
Carried a gun and a razor ever' day
Cut down a man on the free-state line
You oughta…
…seen Johnny Hart gettin' away, poor boy
You oughta seen Johnny Hart gettin' away
Johnny Hart made a run for that free-state line…
There, he thought he'd be free
But a man come a-walking
And grabbed him by his arm
Saying "Johnny, walk along with me, poor boy…

John Hardy was a desperate little man
He carried two guns every day
He shot down a man on that West Virginia line
You ought…
…a seen John Hardy getting away
You ought to seen John Hardy getting away
John Hardy stood in that old barroom
So drunk that he could…
…not see
And a man walked up and took him by the arm
He said Johnny, come and go along with me Poor boy
Johnny, come and walk along…

John Hardy was a desperate little man
He carried two guns every day
He shot down a man on that West Virginia line
You ought…
…a seen John Hardy getting away
You ought to seen John Hardy getting away
John Hardy stood in that old barroom
So drunk that he could…
…not see
And a man walked up and took him by the arm
He said Johnny, come and go along with me Poor boy
Johnny, come and walk along…

…not see.
And a man walked up and took him by the arm,
He said, "Johnny, come and go along with me,
Poor boy, Johnny, come…
…in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in blue.
She came down to that old jail cell,
She said, "Johnny, I've been true to you.
God knows…
…Johnny, I've been true to you."
The next one to visit John Hardy in his cell,
Was a little girl dressed in red.
She came down…

John Hardy was a desperate little man
He carried two guns ev'ry day
He shot down a man on that West Virginia line
You oughta seen…
…not see
And a man walked up and took him by the arm
He said, "Johnny, come and go along with me
Poor boy, Johnny, come…
…the death of many a poor boy
But my six-shooters never told a lie
No, my six-shooters never told a lie
The first one to visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little…

…that he could not see
And a man walked up and took him by the arm
He said, "Johnny, come and go along with me
Poor boy, Johnny, come…
…in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in blue
She came down to that old jail cell
She said, "Johnny, I've been true to you
God knows…
…Johnny, I've been true to you."
The next one to visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in red
She came down…

…not see.
And a man walked up and took him by the arm,
He said, "Johnny, come and go along with me,
Poor boy, Johnny, come…
…in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in blue.
She came down to that old jail cell;
She said, "Johnny, I've been true to you,
God knows…
…Johnny, I've been true to you."
The next one to visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in red.
She came down…

…still unemployed
Can you tell me what lies ahead
For this little bitty baby boy
Now tell me
Whatcha gonna be
Johnny Poverty…
Will you grow to be a mighty mighty man
Up in Washington, D.C.
Where you gonna go
I wanna know your destiny
Johnny Poverty
Now you…
…gotta stay alive and I know it's hard to do
'Cause I used to be a little boy just like you
You wanna run away but you got nowhere to go…

…Johnny was bad, even as a child everybody could tell
Everyone said if you don't get straight
You'll surely go to hell
But Johnny…
It's not his fault that he can't behave
Society made him go astray
Perhaps if we're nice he'll go away
Perhaps he'll go away…
He'll go away
(Repeat chorus)
Hey there Johnny you really don't fool me
You get away with murder
And you think it's funny
You don't…

Hardy getting away oh boy
I've seen John Hardy getting away
And John Hardy went to the Keystone bridge
He thought…
…that he was free
Upstepped the deputy and he caught him by the arm
He said: John Hardy come and go with me oh boy
John Hardy come and go…
…with me
John Hardy come and go with me oh boy
John Hardy come and go with me
John Hardy had a mother and a dad
Get down to come and go…

…to the skies and see...
I'm just a poor boy (poor boy), I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low…
…bung
Bung bung bung bung bung bung bung bung
[Johnny Cash style]
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my…
…let him go, Johnny go!
[Michael Jackson style]
(Bismillah!) We will not let you go (Let him go!)
[The Clash style]
Bismillah! We…

…to the skies and see...
I'm just a poor boy (poor boy), I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low…
…bung
Bung bung bung bung bung bung bung bung
[Johnny Cash style]
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my…
…let him go, Johnny go!
[Michael Jackson style]
(Bismillah!) We will not let you go (Let him go!)
[The Clash style]
Bismillah! We…