《Johnny 99(Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:00] Johnny 99 - Bruce Springsteen

[00:00:16] Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month

[00:00:22] Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none

[00:00:28] He came home too drunk from mixin'

[00:00:31] Tanqueray and wine

[00:00:34] He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call 'm Johnny 99

[00:00:40] Down in the part of town where

[00:00:43] When you hit a red light you don't stop

[00:00:46] Johnny's wavin' his gun around and threatenin' to blow his top

[00:00:53] When an off duty cop snuck up on him from behind

[00:00:58] Out in front of the Club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99

[00:01:04] Well the city supplied a public defender but the judge was Mean John Brown

[00:01:11] He came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny down

[00:01:18] Well the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime

[00:01:24] Prison for 98 and a year and we'll call it even Johnny 99

[00:01:56] A fistfight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag Johnny's girl away

[00:02:02] His mama stood up and shouted

[00:02:05] Judge don't take my boy this way

[00:02:10] Well son you got a statement you'd like to make

[00:02:15] Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away

[00:02:22] Now judge judge I got debts no honest man could pay

[00:02:27] The bank was holdin' my mortgage and they was takin' my house away

[00:02:34] Now I ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man

[00:02:39] But it was more 'n all this that put that gun in my hand

[00:02:45] Well your honor I do believe I'd be better off dead

[00:02:51] And if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head

[00:02:57] Then won't you sit back in that chair

[00:02:59] And think it over judge one more time

[00:03:03] And let 'em shave off my hair and put me on that execution line