My name is 
Joe Roberts 
I work for the 
StateI'm a sergeant out on 
Perenville barracks 
No 8I've always done an honest job honest as 
I couldGot a brother named 
Frankie Frankie ain't no good
Ever since we were young kids it's been the same come down
I'd get a call on a short way 
Frankie's in trouble downtown
But if it was any other man 
I'd put him straight away
But sometimes when it's your brother you look the other way
Yeah me and 
Frankie laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with 
MariaWhile the band played 
The Night 
Of The Johnstown 
FloodI catch him when he's strayin' like any brother should
Man turns his back on his family he ain't no good
Well Frankie went into the army back in 1965
I got a farm deferment settled down took 
Maria for my wife
But them wheat prices kept on droppin' till it was like we's gettin' robbed
Frankie came home in '68 and me 
I took this job
Yeah me and 
Frankie laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with 
MariaWhile the band played 
The Night 
Of The Johnstown 
FloodI catch him when he's strayin' teach him how to walk that line
Man turns his back on his family ain't no friend of mine
The night was like any other 
I got a call bout the quarter of nine
There was trouble at a roadhouse out on the 
Michigan line
There was a kid on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head
There was a girl cryin' at a table it was 
Frankie she said
I ran out and 
I jumped in my car then 
I hit the lights
I must have done about a hundred and ten to 
Michigan County that night
It was down by the crossroads out bout willow bank
Seen the buick with 
Ohio plates behind the wheel was 
FrankWell 
I chased him through them county roads
Till the sign said 
Canadian border five miles from here
Pulled over to the side out the highway watched his taillights disappeared
Yeah me and 
Frankie laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with 
MariaWhile the band played 
The Night 
Of The Johnstown 
FloodI catch him when he's strayin' like any brother should
Man turns his back on his family ain't no good