You used to see him down Leicester Square,
With a mixed-up suit and filthy hair.
He played harmonica in limbo,
For his tea and fare
He drank too much, but, I couldn't care 

Chorus:
Johnny Reggae he could not see (x3)
But it never stopped him
Smiling at me. 

He wore a badge from a paradise isle,
He grinned a lot, he had a toothless smile.
He broke no laws,
Or appeared on no files,
And spent his night upon the pavement tiles. 

Chorus 

When a lucky right hand knocked one off his feet. 
They dragged him, legless, to the soundproof cell, 
Where no-one but the dead could hear you yell, 
And they gave what they give to the troublesome 
niggers. 

Now, I hope one night, when there is me and thee,
That we are behind those men in a blind alley. 
In the blackened night their eyes don't see, 
Who dealt a dose of brutality. 

Chorus:
For, Johnny Reggae he could not see (x3) 
But that never stopped their brutality.