text: My names Joe Roberts, I work for the state
  Im a sergeant out of Perrineville, barracks number eight
  I always done an honest job, as honest as I could
  Got a brother named Franky, Franky aint no good
  Ever since we was young kids, its been the same come down
  I get a call on the shortwave, Frankys in trouble downtown
  If it was any other man, Id put him straight away
  But when its your brother sometimes you look the other way
  Yeah me and Franky laughin and drinkin, nothin feels better than blood on blood
  Takin turns dancin with Maria as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood, I
  Catch him when hes strayin like any brother would
  Man turns his back on his family, he just aint no good
  Well Franky went in the army back in 1965
  I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my bride
  Them wheat prices kept on droppin till it was like we were gettin robbed
  Franky came home in 68 and me I took this job
  Yeah me and Franky laughin and drinkin, nothin feels better than blood on blood
  Takin turns dancin with Maria as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood, I
  Catch him when hes strayin, like any brother would
  Man turns his back on his family, he just aint no good
  Well the night was like any other, I get a call about quarter to nine
  There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
  There was a kid lyin on the floor lookin bad, bleedin hard from his head
  Was a girl cryin at a table; it was Frank, they said
  Well I went out and I jumped in my car, and I hit the lights
  I musta done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night
  It was out at the crossroads, yeah, down round Willow bank
  I seen a Buick with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank
  Well I chased him through those county roads
  Till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here
  I pulled over the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear
  Yeah, me and Franky laughin and drinkin, nothin feels better than blood on blood
  Takin turns dancin with Maria as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood, I
  Catch him when hes strayin like any brother would
  Man turns his back on his family, he just aint no good
  Help me!
  Yeah, me and Franky laughin and drinkin, nothin feels better than blood on blood
  Takin turns dancin with Maria as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood, I
  Catch him when hes strayin like any brother would
  Man turns his back on his family, he just aint no good
  Thank you!