Intro 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 ? 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