Lirik Johnny 99
Ralph went out lookinā for a job but he couldnāt find none
He came home too drunk from mixinā
Tanqueray and wine
He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call ām Johnny 99
Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you donāt stop
Johnnyās wavinā his gun around and threateninā to blow his top
When an off duty cop snuck up on him from behind
Out in front of the Club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99
Well the city supplied a public defender but the judge was Mean John Brown
He came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny down
Well the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year and weāll call it even Johnny 99
A fistfight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag Johnnyās girl away
His mama stood up and shouted "judge donāt take my boy this way"
Well son you got a statement youād like to make
Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away
Now judge I got debts no honest man could pay
The bank was holdinā my mortgage and they was takinā my house away
Now I aināt sayinā that makes me an innocent man
But it was more ān all this that put that gun in my hand
Well your honor I do believe Iād be better off dead
And if you can take a manās life for the thoughts thatās in his head
Then wonāt you sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time
And let āem shave off my hair and put me on that execution line