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

Well 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 lien 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

Around twenty fifty five

Well get together dead or alive

Now today I'm thinkin

Bout my old friend Turk

Must be laughin with the angels

Loafin while I work

Ah they beat me when I don't

And they beat me when I do

Hey but I can take it baby for you

Ninety nine years in the penitentiary

Baby baby wait for me

Around twenty fifty five

Well get together dead or alive