[Verse 1]
Well, they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late last night
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
[Verse 2]
Down in the part of town where you hit a red light, you don't stop
Johnny is wavin’ his gun around and threatenin' 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
[Bridge]
Well, the city supplied a public defender
But the judge was Mean John Brown
He came into the courtroom
And stared poor Johnny down
"Well, thе evidence is clеar, gonna let the sentence fit the crime
Ninety-eight and a year, we'll call it even, Johnny 99"
[Accordion Solo]
[Bridge]
Fistfight 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 and forever take you away?"
Well, they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late last night
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
[Verse 2]
Down in the part of town where you hit a red light, you don't stop
Johnny is wavin’ his gun around and threatenin' 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
[Bridge]
Well, the city supplied a public defender
But the judge was Mean John Brown
He came into the courtroom
And stared poor Johnny down
"Well, thе evidence is clеar, gonna let the sentence fit the crime
Ninety-eight and a year, we'll call it even, Johnny 99"
[Accordion Solo]
[Bridge]
Fistfight 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 and forever take you away?"
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