Yeah, when I go over yonder   I will see my mother   My sister and my father   But my brother is going to hell      Yeah, they hung him from the gallows   As the sun turned red from yellow   And the crowd they heard him halting   And they sighed with much relief      The preacher asked him for any last words   My brother spit on to his clean shirt   And he smiled without redemption   And said this is one soul God don't need      Oh, yes, I loved him but I won't miss him   As he's burning and he's twisting   For his heartless dedication   To the devil and it's creed      Oh, as a child we called him rotten   'Til he was lonely and forgotten   And he revenged our constant jeering   Oh, with his every word and deed      Oh, yeah and for my contribution   Oh, and the souls lack of retribution   I would ask the Lords forgiveness   On my very bended knee      Oh, it's the tale of Johnny Rotten   Yeah, who was lonely and forgotten   And it's the tale of my only brother   And it's the tale of one bad seed