Johnny 99 (Live)-Bruce Springsteen

[00:09.78]Well they closed down the auto plant in mahwah late that month [00:16.56]Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none [00:24.45]He came home too drunk from mixin' tanqueray and wine [00:30.36]He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call'm johnny 99 [00:33.69]Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop [00:43.44]Johnny's wavin' his gun around and threatenin' to blow his top [00:46.47]When an off-duty cop snuck up on him from behind [00:47.67]Out in front of the club tip top they slapped the cuffs on johnny 99 [00:53.64]Well the city supplied a public defender but the judge was mean john brown [00:57.87]He came into the courtroom and stared young johnny down [00:59.40]Well the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime [01:06.00]Prison for 98 and a year and we'll call it even johnny 99 [01:27.36]A fist fight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag johnny's girl away [04:21.60]His mama stood up and shouted "judge don't take my boy this way" [04:28.80]Well son you got a statement you'd like to make [04:39.30]Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away [04:43.59]Now judge i had debts no honest man could pay [04:50.49]The bank was holdin' my mortgage and they were gonna take my house away [04:59.49]Now i ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man [05:05.91]But it was more `n all this that put that gun in my hand [05:12.78]Well your honor i do believe i'd be better off dead [05:20.73]So if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head [05:26.94]Then sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time [05:29.52]And let `em shave off my hair and put me on that killin' line