text: My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state
  Im a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8
  Ive always done an honest job, as honest as I could
  I got a brother named Franky, and Franky aint no good
  Ever since we was young kids, its been the same come down
  I get a call on the short-wave, Frankys in trouble downtown
  Well, if it was any other man, Id put him straight away
  But when its your own brother, you look the other way
  Yeah, with 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 family, well, he just aint no good
  Franky went in the army back in 65
  I got a farm deferment, took Maria for my wife
  Wheat prices kept on droppin til it was like we was gettin robbed
  Franky came home in 68, and me, I took this job
  Yeah, when were laughin and drinkin, nothin feels like blood on blood
  Takin turns dancin with Maria as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
  I catch him when hes strayin, teach him to walk that line
  Man turns his back on his family, he aint no friend of mine
  The night was like any other, I got a call bout quarter to nine
  There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
  There was a kid lyin on the floor, bleedin hard from his head
  There was a girl cryin at a table and it was Frank, they said
  Well, I went out and jumped into my car and I hit the lights
  Mustve done one hundred and ten through Michigan county that night
  It was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bank
  Seen a car with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank
  I chased him through them county roads til a sign said Canadian border five miles
  Pulled to the side of the highway, watched his taillights disappear
  Franky laughin and drinkin, nothin feels like blood on blood
  Takin turns dancin with Maria as the band played The 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
  Man turns his back on his family, he just aint no good
  He just aint no good