Took a city like New Orleans

To kill a man like Johnny Thunders

A man who died with his guitar in his hands

And all those young girls are cryin', cryin'

"Why, why, why Johnny Thunders?" cryin'

"Why, why, why Johnny Thunders?"

But I say

"Go, go, go Johnny Thunders", I say

"Go, go, go Johnny Thunders", took a

Took a city like New Orleans

To kill a man

Like Johnny

Like Johnny

Thunders

Thunders

And their very next song, it was gonna be a hit

It was gonna be a hit

And their very next song it was gonna be a hit

And all those young girls

That had Johnny's picture up on their bedroom walls

They clipped them out of the magazines

They were cryin'

"Why, why, why Johnny Thunders?", cryin'

"Why, why, why Johnny Thunders?"

But I say something different

I say

"Go, go, go Johnny Thunders", I say

"Go, go, go Johnny Thunders", took a

Took a city like New Orleans

To kill a man

Like Johnny