Текст песни Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99
Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99 слова песни
Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month Ralph went out lookin for a job but he couldnt find none He came home too drunk from mixin Tanqueray and wine He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call m Johnny 99 Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you dont stop Johnnys 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 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 the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime Prison for 98 and a year and well call it even Johnny 99 A fistfight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag Johnnys girl away His mama stood up and shouted "judge dont take my boy this way" Well son you got a statement youd like to make Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away Now judge I got debts no honest man could pay The bank was holdin my mortgage and they was takin my house away Now I aint sayin that makes me an innocent man But it was more n all this that put that gun in my hand Well your honor I do believe Id be better off dead And if you can take a mans life for the thoughts thats in his head Then wont you sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time And let em shave off my hair and put me on that execution line