Ninety Nine Years

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My mama always told me better than 
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to play with a loaded gun
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If I'd've just listened to her 
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she'd've never had a prisoner for a 
son
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The picture's still in front of my 
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eyes, the echo in my ears
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When the jury said he's guilty and 
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the judge said ninety-nine years


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Oh, for ninety-nine years I'll 
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watch the sun rise over that same 
old sea
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Ninety-nine years nothing but an 
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empty cell for company
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Yet there's not very much that 
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stands between me and the freedom I
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 hold dear
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Just a thousand bars, a big brick 
wall and a sentence of ninety-nine 
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years


I kissed my darling on her tender 
lips and they took me by the hand
I had a nice little ride on a ferry 
boat to the rock where the prison 
stands
The warden said as he locked the 
door, I hope you'll like it here
Just make yourself at home, you're 
gonna be with us ninety-nine years

I've almost forgotten what my real 
name is, been a number for so long
Making little bitty rocks out of 
great big rocks gets old as the days
 wear on
But I'll do my best for ninety-nine 
years just try to stay alive
'Cause the Governor said if I'd be 
good, I'd get out in ninety-five

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