Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month
Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't 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 don't stop
Johnny's 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 young Johnny down
Well the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime
Prison for 98 and a year and we'll call it even Johnny 99
A fist fight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag Johnny's girl away
His mama stood up and shouted "Judge don't take my boy this way"
Well son you got a statement you'd like to make
Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away
Now judge I had debts no honest man could pay
The bank was holdin' my mortgage and they were gonna take my house away
Now I ain't 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 I'd be better off dead
So if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head
Then 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 killin' line
Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99 (04:15)
Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99 Live on the Born In The USA-tour
Fantastic! I was 15 and it was my first Bruce concert ever... Great to see it again! Anymore from that show?!
Autor: thomstrom
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This is great version! ^__^
Autor: CCsniffsglue
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eeeeww!! Patti!!
Autor: jerzyscott100
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New one for me...the ending is so funny! Love it!
Autor: StLSusan
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Who 'bout posting "Who do you love?/She's the One" from this dvd? Please?
Autor: Belfast1982
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That must have been during the TOL tour when Bruce & Patti first hooked up...you can tell they've aged over the years, the ending was funny..leave it to Bruce! Nobody realizes what a perv he can be!!!! LOL He's too much!
Autor: Cheetahsmonk
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amamziiiiiiiing
Autor: guimcasas
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Ah ah !!!! So funny !
Autor: springsteenbruce
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The guys are the hornplayers: ed (kingfish) manion, richie (labamba) rosenberg, mark (loveman) pender, mike spengler and mario cruz. They play in a lot of other bands: e.g. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Max Weinberg 7, Little Steven's Disciples of Soul (the miami horns) and Bruce's Seeger Sessions Band and worked with a lot of other artists too. Great hornsection! The girls? Sorry no idea...