99 YEARS (AND ONE DARK DAY)
(Jesse Fuller)

Jesse Fuller - 1958



THIS HERE IS A SONG ABOUT LIFE IN PRISON
IT'S CALLED 99 YEARS AND ONE DARK DAY
THE NINETY-NINE YEARS ARE THE YEARS YOU'RE IN THE PRISON
AND THE ONE DARK DAY IS THE DAY YOU DIE
AND IT'S TOO BAD FOR YOU......

I COMMITED A CRIME MANY YEARS AGO
I SHOT MY WOMAN WITH A FORTY-FOUR
SHE HAD ANOTHER MAN, WASN'T IN MY HEAD
I'VE GOT NINETY-NINE YEARS AND ONE DARK DAY

I'VE BEEN IN PRISON TWENTY YEARS OR MORE 
SHOT MY WOMAN WITH A FORTY-FOUR 
I'LL BE HERE UNTIL MY DYIN' DAY 
I'VE GOT NINETY-NINE YEARS AND ONE DARK DAY
 
FOOD IS BAD AND THE BEDS ARE HARD 
I SPEND ALL DAY BREAKIN' ROCKS IN THE YARD 
WHERE THERE AIN'T NO CHANGE, GONNA STAY THAT WAY 
I'VE GOT NINETY-NINE YEARS AND ONE DARK DAY 

AIN'T NO SINGER THAT CAN SING A SONG 
TO CONVINCE THIS WARDEN THAT I AIN'T WRONG 
HIS MIND'S MADE UP--IT'S GONNA STAY THAT WAY 
I'VE GOT NINETY-NINE YEARS AND ONE DARK DAY 

NEVER LEARNED TO READ, NEVER LEARNED TO WRITE 
MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN ONE BIG FIGHT 
I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE RIGHTEOUS WAY 
I'VE GOT NINETY-NINE YEARS AND ONE DARK DAY 







(Contributed by  - February 2007)