Listen to the story of Johnny Mahoe   Pride of the hometown, number one school boy   Never got in trouble, always kept his nose clean   So when the news hit the town, nobody could believe   what happened to Johnny Mahoe      You see Johnny started hanging with the neighborhood thugs   Boys wearing colors, the ones dealing drugs   Initiaiton's over, Johnny's part of the gang   Fighting for his colors, playing with his bang bang   Johnny Mahoe      CHORUS:   Why hang around with the wrong crowd   Why let them poison your mind   It's okay, it's okay, turn and walk the other way   You don't want to end up like Johnny Johnny   Johnny Mahoe      One day there was a clash between the blue and the red   When the fighting was over, Johnny lay dead   A single rose stands alone upon Jonny's grave   Think nothing would have happened   If Johnny Mahoe just turned and   walked the other way   Just walked the other way      SOLO      CHORUS