Johnny 99

Well they closed down the auto

Plant in mahwah late that month

Ralph went out looking for a job

But he couldn't find none

He came home too drunk from

Mixing tanqueray and wine

He got a gun shot a night clerk now

They callm johnny 99

Down in the part of town where

When you hit a red light you don't stop

Johnny's waving his gun around

And threatening 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 young johnny down

Well the evidence is clear gonna

Let the sentence son fit the crime

Prison for 98 and a year and

Well call 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 a statement you'd like to make

Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away

Now judge I had debts no honest man could pay

The bank was holding my mortgage and

They were gonna take my house away

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

But it was more'n all this

That put that gun in my hand

Well your honor I do believe

I'd be better off dead

So if you can take a mans life for

The thoughts that's in his head

Then sit back in that chair and

Think it over judge one more time

And let 'em shave off my hair and

Put me on that killing line

Johnny 99 - The Loved Ones