Ninety Nine Years (dead Or Alive) Lyrics

Ninety Nine Years (dead Or Alive) lyrics

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

 

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