Ninety Nine (99) Years (Still Got 99)

As I sat down in a gamblin’ game I could hardly play my hand
Just thinkin’ about that woman I love, run away with another man
Ran away with another man, poor me, Tho’ I dressed her up so fine
She caused me to work for forty long years and I still got ninety nine

She’s got light hair and her eyes are blue and she wears a ribbon wide
Oh, never believe a blond head gal in the end you’ll find she lied
In the end you’ll find she lied, poor me, tho’ I dressed her up so fine
She caused me to work for forty long years and I still got ninety nine

She fell in love with a dep’ty sheriff and her heart to him she gave
My forty-four gun shot him on the run and it sent him to his grave
Shell fell in love with a dep’ty sheriff though I dressed her up so fine
She caused me to work for forty long years and I still got ninety-nine

The judge sent me to the old jailhouse the door they slammed on me
The warden said “Bind him up in chains and throw away the key”
They bound me up in chains, poor me and it don’t feel a bit too fine
Been breakin’ hard rocks for forty long years and I still got ninety-nine

They wrote my name in a big black book and my age was twenty-one
They built a big wall that’s forty feet tall for a crime that I have done
Oh, they built a wall that’s forty feet tall to keep out the warm sunshine
Ain’t seen the warm sun for forty long years and still got ninety-nine

Take warning, boys, to this sad, sad tale
Take warning, boys, from me
If ever you trust a blond headed gal you’ll be in the penitentiary
Don’t ever trust a blond headed gal don’t dress her up too fine
She’ll cause you to work for forty long years and you’ll still have ninety-nine