Who Shot John

They say I shot Montgomery
Shot him in the chest
It never went to trial
Montgomery confessed
They say possession is still
Nine-tenths of the law
Well what possessed you
To ask me who shot John

Eddy got probation
Went out and robbed a bank
While out at the end of Jackson
Fatty walked the plank
I can hear him laughing still
On the seventh floor
Eddy wrote me a letter
And asked me who shot John
Eddy dropped a kite from prison
Told me who shot John

I went out last Sunday
Ran into Cyril
He said I seen your friend Johnny
Out running with your girl
They were in the backseat
So I climbed into the front
And in all of the commotion
Tell me who shot John
There wasn't anybody there
To witness who shot John