Flamingo Johnny

Johnny ran a parlor down Flamingo Road About a half mile down from the strip My sister loved Johnny and I never knew why I guess she figured he'd be a father to their kids
Well Johnny was a crazy one that's for sure Always hanging around the dealers and the clowns And I told myself if my sister ever got hurt That I would be there with a bat to bring 'ol Johnny down
Johnny used to gamble and he had a big debt It was due on the fourteenth of May When the date came and went the mob sent in some men And in the Flamingo Road parlor eight dead bodies lay
The mob kidnapped my sister at the grocery store 'Cause they knew that she was Johnny's wife And the boss called Johnny up and said "Now let's make a deal You either come up with the money or we take her sweet life"
Well I guess you could call Johnny a lot of bad things But he still had the guts to go down there that day And they let my sister go but they shot Johnny dead I guess I'll never think of him in quite the same way
It just goes to show you how we judge someone Before we really know what they're like inside Not everyone has a face that's so easily read And more often than not it's the good things we hide