Johnny 99
Johnny Cash
Ton : D
Well they cDlosed down the auto plant in Mahwah late last month
Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find nAone
He came hDome too drunk from mixin' Tanqueray and wine
He got a gun shot a night clerk now tAhey call him Johnny 9D9
Dawn in thDat part of town where when you hit red light you don't stop
Johnny's wavin' his gun around and threatin' to blow his tAop
When an oDff duty cop snuck up on him on from behind
Out in front of the club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 9A9
Well the city sGupplied a public defender but the jDudge was mean John Brown
He came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny dAown
Well the eDvidence is clear gonna let the sentence fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year will make it eAven Johnny 9D9
A fist fGight broke out in the courtroom they had to dDrag Johnny's girl away
His mama stood up and shouted judge don't take my boy this wAay
Well son you gDot any statement you'd like to make
Before the bailiff comes to fAorever take you aDway
Yes jGudge I got debts no honest mDan could pay
The bank was holdin' my mortgage they was takin' my house aAway
Now I ain't sDayin' that makes me an innocent man
But it was more than all this tAhat put that gun in my hDand
And your honor I dGo believe I'd be bDetter off dead
If you can take a man's life for the thoughts that are in his hAead
Then won't yDou sit back in that chair and think it over one more time
And let 'em shave off my hair and bAurn Johnny 9D9