99 Year Blues

Hand me the bottle, gonna pass it around

Gonna drink to the lawyer and the judge that put me down

Put me down

Yeah, the judge that put me down

On Monday I was arrested, on Tuesday I was tried

The judge found me guilty so I hung my head and cried

Hung my head

I hung my head and cried

Well, I asked the judge, "What might be my fine?"

He said, "A pick and a shovel way down in the mine."

Down in the mine

Way down in the mine

So hand me the bottle, gonna pass it around

Gonna drink to the lawyer and the judge that put me down

Put me down

Yeah, the judge that put me down

Well, I told the judge, "I ain't never been here before."

He said, "I'll give you ninety-nine years and you won't be back no more."

Back no more

No, you won't be back no more

My daddy was a bad man, I'm a bad man too

The reason I'm a bad man: I got nothin' else to do

Else to do

Well, I got nothin' else to do

So hand me the bottle, gonna pass it around

Gonna drink to the lawyer and the judge that put me down

Put me down

Yeah, the judge that put me down

So hand me the bottle, gonna pass it around

Gonna drink to the lawyer and the judge that put me down

Put me down

Yeah, the judge that put me down

Put me down

Yeah, the judge that put me down