| Johnny was bad, even as a child everybody could tell
| Johnny era malo, incluso cuando era niño, todos podían decir
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| Everyone said, «If you don’t get straight, you’ll surely go to hell»
| Todos decían: «Si no te enderezas, seguro te irás al carajo»
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| But Johnny didn’t care
| Pero a Johnny no le importaba
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| He was an outlaw by the time that he was ten years old
| Era un forajido cuando tenía diez años.
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| He didn’t wanna do what he was told
| El no queria hacer lo que le dijeron
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| Just a prankster
| solo un bromista
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| A juvenile gangster
| Un gángster juvenil
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| His teachers didn’t understand, they kicked him out of school
| Sus maestros no entendieron, lo echaron de la escuela
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| At a tender early age just because he didn’t want to learn things
| A una edad tierna solo porque no quería aprender cosas
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| Had other interests
| Tenía otros intereses
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| He liked to burn things
| Le gustaba quemar cosas
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| The lady down the block
| La señora de la cuadra
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| She had a radio that Johnny wanted, oh, so bad
| Ella tenía una radio que Johnny quería, oh, tanto
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| So he took it the first chance he had
| Así que lo aprovechó en la primera oportunidad que tuvo
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| And then he shot her in the leg
| Y luego le disparó en la pierna
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| But this is what she said:
| Pero esto es lo que ella dijo:
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| (He's only a lad) You really can’t blame him
| (Es solo un muchacho) Realmente no puedes culparlo
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| (Only a lad) Society made him
| (Solo un muchacho) La sociedad lo hizo
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| (Only a lad) He’s our responsibility
| (Solo un muchacho) Él es nuestra responsabilidad
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| Oh, oh, whoa whoa
| Oh, oh, espera
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| (Only a lad) He really couldn’t help it
| (Solo un muchacho) Realmente no pudo evitarlo
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| (Only a lad) He didn’t want to do it
| (Solo un muchacho) No quiso hacerlo
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| (Only a lad) He’s underprivileged and abused
| (Solo un muchacho) Es desfavorecido y abusado
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| Perhaps a little bit confused
| Quizás un poco confundido
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh whoa whoa whoa
| Oh, oh, oh, oh, espera, espera
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| Whoa whoa whoa
| Guau, guau, guau
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| Oh, whoa whoa whoa
| Oh, espera, espera
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| His parents gave up, they couldn’t influence his attitude
| Sus padres se dieron por vencidos, no pudieron influir en su actitud.
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| Nobody could help, the little man had no gratitude
| Nadie podía ayudar, el hombrecito no tenía gratitud.
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| And when he stole the car
| Y cuando robó el auto
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| Nobody dreamed that he would try to take it so far
| Nadie soñó que intentaría llevarlo tan lejos
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| He didn’t mean to hit the poor man
| No fue su intención golpear al pobre hombre.
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| Who had to go and die
| quien tenia que ir y morir
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| It made the judge cry
| Hizo llorar al juez
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| (Only a lad) He really couldn’t help it
| (Solo un muchacho) Realmente no pudo evitarlo
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| (Only a lad) He didn’t want to do it
| (Solo un muchacho) No quiso hacerlo
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| (Only a lad) He’s underprivileged and abused
| (Solo un muchacho) Es desfavorecido y abusado
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| Perhaps a little bit confused
| Quizás un poco confundido
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh whoa whoa
| Oh, oh, oh, oh, espera, espera
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| It’s not his fault that he can’t behave
| No es su culpa que no pueda comportarse
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| Society’s made him go astray
| La sociedad lo hizo extraviarse
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| Perhaps if we’re nice, he’ll go away
| Tal vez si somos amables, se irá
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| Perhaps he’ll go away, he’ll go away-ay
| Tal vez se vaya, se vaya-ay
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| (Only a lad) You really can’t blame him
| (Solo un muchacho) Realmente no puedes culparlo
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| (Only a lad) Society made him
| (Solo un muchacho) La sociedad lo hizo
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| (Only a lad) Is he our responsibility?
| (Solo un muchacho) ¿Él es nuestra responsabilidad?
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| Hey there, Johnny, you really don’t fool me
| Hola, Johnny, realmente no me engañas
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| You get away with murder and you think it’s funny
| Te sales con la tuya y crees que es divertido
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| You don’t give a damn if we live or if we die
| Te importa un carajo si vivimos o si morimos
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh whoa whoa whoa
| Oh, oh, oh, oh, espera, espera
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| Hey there, Johnny boy, I hope you fry!
| Hola, Johnny boy, ¡espero que te fríes!
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| Oh, whoa whoa whoa
| Oh, espera, espera
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| Oh, whoa whoa whoa, oh-oh | Oh, espera, espera, oh, oh |