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Ninety Nine Years (Dead Or Alive)
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Guy Mitchell
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Words by Sid Wayne and Music by John Benson Brooks
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Peaked at # 23 in 1956
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Now today I'm thinkin' 'bout the ninth of June
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I found my friend and my baby at the Golden Spoon
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He jumped off the stool and come at me with a knife
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Said "We both can't have her, so fight for your life"
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Ninety nine years in the penitentiary
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Ninety nine years, baby, baby, wait for me
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Ninety nine years, around twenty fifty five
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We'll get together dead or alive
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Now today I'm thinkin' 'bout that courtroom trial
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I was so sad, baby, saw you weepin' like a child
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Ah, the jury found me guilty, wouldn't listen to my plea
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And the judge said "Mercy" threw the book at me
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Ninety nine years in the penitentiary
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Ninety nine years, baby, baby, wait for me
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(Ninety nine years), around twenty fifty five
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We'll get together dead or alive
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Now today I'm thinkin' (today I'm a-thinkin')
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'bout my old friend Turk ('bout my old friend Turk)
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Must be laughin' with the angels (must be laughin' with the angels)
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Loafin' while I work (loafin' while I work)
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Ah, they beat me when I don't (ah, they beat me when I don't)
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And they beat me when I do (and they beat me when I do)
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Hey, but I can take it, baby, for you
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Ninety nine years in the penitentiary
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(Ninety nine years), baby, baby, wait for me
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(Ninety nine years), around twenty fifty five
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We'll get together dead or alive
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FADE
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Ninety Nine Years
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| Guy Mitchell |
