99 Years Is Almost for Life - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs

作词：L. Cirtain/G. Stacey

作曲：L. Cirtain/G. Stacey

The courtroom was crowded

the judge waited there

My mother was crying

when I left my chair

The sentence were sharp for

it 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

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