frankie and johnny

frankie and johnny was sweethearts, at least that's the way the story goes, frankie bought everything for johnny, from his sports car to his ivy league clothes, aw, he was a man alright, oh, but he was doing her wrong, just to show you what can happen, a friend came running to frankie, she said you know i wouldn't tell you no lie, i saw your man ridin' in his jaguar, with a chick named nellie blye, oh, if he was your man honey, let me tell you he was doing you wrong, let me tell the story, frankie ran around the corner, and peeked in a swinging place, and there she saw johnny with a woman, he had his arms around her waist, aw.he was a man alright, but frankie could see that he was, doing her wrong, and oh let me tell you, frankie reached down in her pocketbook, and up with a long forty-four, she shot once, twice, three times, and johnny fell on the hard wood floor, aw.he was a man alright, but she shot him because he was doing her wrong, but the last thing he told her was, frankie, you know i love you, why? honey, why did you do that?, frankie, i was telling her about you, frankie, you know i love you, frankie, you know that i love you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, now frankie, you know good and well that i love you, frankie, i'll always love you baby, frankie, you know i can't do without you, frankie, you know i love you, and i know, and i know i was doing wrong, you wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, frankie, baby, you know i love you, frankie.