Guy Mitchell Ninety Nine Years Lyrics

Ninety Nine Years 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

FADE
(Ninety nine years)
(Ninety nine years)