Johnny 99

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[Verse 1]
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Well they closed down the auto plant
 in Mahwah late last month
Ralph went out lookin' for a job but
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 he couldn't find none
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He came home too drunk from mixin' 
Tanqueray and wine
He got a gun shot a night clerk now 
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they call him Johnny 99
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Dawn in that part of town where when
 you hit red light you don't stop
Johnny's wavin' his gun around and 
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threatin' to blow his top
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When an off duty cop snuck up on him
 on from behind
Out in front of the club Tip Top 
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they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99

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[Verse 2]
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Well the city supplied a public 
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defender but the judge was mean John
 Brown
He came into the courtroom and 
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stared poor Johnny down
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Well the evidence is clear gonna let
 the sentence fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year will make 
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it even Johnny 99

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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A fist fight broke out in the 
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courtroom they had to drag Johnny's 
girl away
His mama stood up and shouted judge 
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don't take my boy this way
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Well son you got any statement you'd
 like to make
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Before the bailiff comes to forever
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 take you away
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Yes judge I got debts no honest man 
could pay
The bank was holdin' my mortgage 
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they was takin' my house away
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Now I ain't sayin' that makes me an 
innocent man
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But it was more than all this that 
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put that gun in my hand
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And your honor I do believe I'd be 
better off dead
If you can take a man's life for the
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 thoughts that are in his head
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Then won't you sit back in that 
chair and think it over one more 
time
And let 'em shave off my hair and 
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burn Johnny 99

[Otro]
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