Ninety Nine Years lyrics

Artist  : Guy Mitchell 
Song : Ninety Nine Years
 


Ninety Nine Years (Dead Or Alive)
Guy
Mitchell
Words by Sid Wayne and Music by John
Benson Brooks

Peaked at # 23 in
1956



Now today I'm thinkin' 'bout
the ninth of June
I found my friend and my
baby at the Golden Spoon
He jumped off the
stool and come at me with a knife
Said "We
both can't have her, so fight for your
life"

Ninety nine years in the
penitentiary
Ninety nine years, baby, baby,
wait for me
Ninety nine years, around twenty
fifty five
We'll get together dead or
alive

Now today I'm thinkin' 'bout that
courtroom trial
I was so sad, baby, saw you
weepin' like a child
Ah, the jury found me
guilty, wouldn't listen to my plea
And the
judge said "Mercy" threw the book at
me

Ninety nine years in the
penitentiary
Ninety nine years, baby, baby,
wait for me
(Ninety nine years), around twenty
fifty five
We'll get together dead or
alive

Now today I'm thinkin' (today I'm
a-thinkin')
'bout my old friend Turk ('bout my
old friend Turk)
Must be laughin' with the
angels (must be laughin' with the
angels)
Loafin' while I work (loafin' while I
work)
Ah, they beat me when I don't (ah, they
beat me when I don't)
And they beat me when I
do (and they beat me when I do)
Hey, but I can
take it, baby, for you

Ninety nine years in
the penitentiary
(Ninety nine years), baby,
baby, wait for me
(Ninety nine years), around
twenty fifty five
We'll get together dead or
alive

FADE
(Ninety nine
years)
(Ninety nine years)