verse 1
His mother was a prostitute. His father was a john
She left him in his birthday suit and then his mom was gone
T'was a shame he had a mother that he would never know
So they named him for his farther they called the kid John Doe
Refrain 1
He was born with out a family no place to call his home
No branches on his family tree John Doe was all alone
verse 2
His mother could never cared for him and she was not coming back
Only thing she ever shared with him was a the side effects of her crack
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Orphan's homes and broken bones he was scarred from his past
Pushed and shoved, a lack of love he grew up hard and fast
Refrain 1
He Was born with out a family no place to call his home
No branches on his family tree, John Doe was all alone
verse 3
He got in fights, dropped out of school, he never said, "I do"
Might is was the only rule That John Doe ever knew.
One night there was an argument, In a downtown hotel bed
Somehow that fight got violent John Doe wound up dead
Refrain 2
He was murdered by a prostitute stabbed again him in the heart
They found him in his birthday suit a stone's throw from the start
Refrain Outro
In a morgue in the City of Sin with a tag on his toe
Lies a poor boy with no next of kin BORN AND DIED John Doe
Lies a poor boy with no next of kin BORN AND DIED John Doe