Frankie, you know I can't do without you
Frankie I'll always love you baby
Frankie, you know that I love you
Frankie baby you know I love you baby
But the last thing he told her was
I saw your man riding in his Jaguar
And there she saw Johnny with a woman
Let me tell you he was doing you wrong
Let me tell the story
Wrong wrong let me tell you
I'm your man and although I was doing you wrong
But Frankie could see that he was doing a wrong
Oh, he was a man alright
Frankie, you know I love you
Frankie, you know I love you why?
Oh and if he was your man honey
With a chick named Mary Bley"
Just to show you what can happen
And up with a long 44, she shot once, twice, three times
He had his arm around her waist, oh he was a man alright
And oh let me tell you, Frankie reached down in her pocketbook
From his sports car to his Ivy League clothes
And Johnny fell on the hardwood floor
Oh, but he was doing a wrong
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah and now Frankie
Said, "You know I wouldn't tell you no lie
Honey why did you do that?
And peeped in a swinging place
Frankie bought everything for Johnny
Frankie, you know I love you
Oh he was a man alright
Frankie you know good well that I love you
But she shot him because he was doing a-wrong
Frankie, I was telling her about you
Frankie ran around the corner
A friend came running to Frankie
