Johnny 99

Johnny 99 - Johnny Cash (約翰尼·卡什)

Well they closed down

The auto plant in Mahwah late last month

Ralph went out lookin' for a job

But he couldn't find none

He came home too drunk from mixin'

Tanqueray and wine

He got a gun shot a night clerk now

They call him Johnny 99

Dawn in that part of town

Where when you hit red light you don't stop

Johnny's wavin' his gun around

And threatin' to blow his top

When an off duty cop snuck up on him on from behind

Out in front of the club

Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99

Well the city suplied 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 fit the crime

Prison for 98 and a year will make it even Johnny 99

A fist fight broke out in the courtroom

They had to drag Johnny's girl away

His mama stood up

And shouted judge don't take my boy this way

Well son you got any statement you'd like to make

Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away

Yes your judge I got debts no honest man could pay

The bank was holdin' my mortgage

They was takin' my house away

Now I ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man

But it was more than all this

That put that gun in my hand

And your honor I do believe I'd be better off dead

If you can take a man's life for

The thoughts that are in his head

Then won't you sit back in

That chair and think it over one more time

And let 'em shave off my hair and burn Johnny 99