Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99 (Electric Nebraska - Official Audio)

Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition out now: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nebra... "Johnny 99 - Electric Nebraska" Official Audio by Bruce Springsteen Listen to Bruce Springsteen: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Bruce Springsteen YouTube channel: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subsc... Watch more Bruce Springsteen videos: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/liste... Follow Bruce Springsteen: Facebook: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subsc... Lyrics: Well, they closed down the Ford plant in Mahwah late that month Johnny went out lookin’ for a job, but he couldn’t find none He came home too drunk from mixin’ Tanqueray and wine Got a gun, shot a night clerk, now they call’m Johnny 99 It was down in a part of town with a red light, buddy, you don’t stop Johnny’s wavin’ a gun around and threatenin’ to blow his top When an off-duty cop snuck up on him from behind Right there 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 poor 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 Well, a fistfight 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, I'm sorry ma'am but the law must be satisfied At your son's killing hands an innocent man died You got anything you want to say son, before you ride Judge, the bank was gonna come and take my house away I had debts Your Honor, no honest man could pay Well, now I ain’t sayin’ that makes me an innocent man But it was more ‘n all this, sir, that put that gun in my hand Now 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 And I do believe sir, I'd be better off a dead man ‘Cause I shot that young boy I shot him Judge, and I ran  #Johnny99ElectricNebraska #Johnny99ElectricNebraskaOfficialAudio #Johnny99ElectricNebraskaOfficialVideo #Johnny99ElectricNebraskaOfficialLyricVideo #BruceSpringsteenOfficialAudio #BruceSpringsteenOfficialVideo