Johnny Cash - Johnny 99 - Текст песни

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 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