Ninety Nine Years Is Almost For Life — текст песни (Flatt and Scruggs)

The courtroom was crowded the judge waited there
My mother was crying when I left my chair
The sentence were sharpful they cut like a knife
For ninety ninety years folks is almost for life
I dreamed of the whistle I heard the bells ring
My sweetheart was coming some good news to bring
I knew that she loved me and that she`d be true
She said she would save me I`m guilty as you
She went for a pardon or else for parole
I know she`ll come back for she`s part of my soul
If she ever fails me I`d be mighty blue I`ll stay in this jailhouse I`ll die in here too
[ dobro ]
They said I was a criminal and to my despair
They sent me to Nashville and shaved off my hair
So come hear my story I`ll tell you my fate
I`m serving in Nashville for another man`s hate
I just got a letter from Nashville town and after I read it my spirit broke down
It`s sad that my sweetheart and the judge would be wed
And here in this jailhouse I wish I was dead
No matter how right folks a man he may be
Bad company will sent him to prison like me
So take a good woman and make her your wife
For ninety ninety years folks is almost for life