Frankie and Johnny

One of the things I noticed about the country song Frankie and Johnny was that it seemed to glorify murder. The following lyrics explain it all: "He was her man, but he did her wrong." The implied messege
is that Frankie was justified in killing Johnny for cheating. In fact, even Johnny himself appears to justify
Frankie's attack. Johnny admitted to having "done her wrong" right before he died. Now, obviously,
Johnny should not have been cheating on Frankie; if he wanted to be with someone else, he should have gone to her and civilly ended the relationship. And similarly, Frankie should not have resorted to violence
to resolve the situation. Instead, she should have confronted Johnny and found out the truth. From there, Frankie could have decided whether or not she wanted to continue her relationship with him. But, as we know from the song, that is not what happened, and both Frankie and Johnny had to suffer the consequences of their choices.  Despite the song's assertion that the story "has not moral", I think there is at least one important fact everyone needs to take from this song; bad choices always have painful consequences. Johnny decided to cheat on Frankie and was murdered as a result. Frankie chose to murder Johnny and will probably spend the rest of her life in prison. Another moral can be found in the lyrics themselves: "This story only goes to show that there ain't no good in man." I originally assumed this meant men, in general, were evil. But there is another interpretation of these words. In this song, the word man can be interpreted one of two ways. The word can either refer to males specifically or it can refer to the human race in general. I think, based on how the word is used in the song, the latter definition is more accurate. If this is true then the song is really saying "there ain't no good in the human race." Based on the contents of the song, the preceding interpretation seems more applicable.