Two 6's Upside Down

It's a long old time in a hard rock jail It's a long old time gone by It's a long old time I've laid in jail And I still got 99 You see I set myself in a gambling game And I couldn't half play my hand I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved Run away with another man Run away with another man Run away with another man I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved Run away with another man The cards come 'round the table, Lord I had such a worried mind My stack of gold, I wasted away And I lost 'bout 99 I lost 'bout 99 I lost 'bout 99 My stack of gold, I wasted away And I lost 'bout 99 I walked into the hock shop, boys I got me a big 44 I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved That I'd never see no more That I'd never see no more That I'd never see no more I was thinking 'bout that woman I loved That I'd never see no more It wasn't long 'til I seen him again He run away, left her behind I laid him low with my old 44 And the judge give me 99 The judge give me 99 The judge give me 99 I laid him low with my old 44 And the judge give me 99 The jury said "You'll have to pay" The clerk, he looked around The mean old judge, he spoke my number, Lord Two 6's upside down Two 6's upside down Two 6's upside down The mean old judge, he called my number, Lord Two 6's upside down It's a long old time in a hard rock jail It's a long old time gone by It's a long old time I've laid in jail And I still got 99 It's a long old time in a hard rock jail It's a long old time gone by It's a long old time laid in this jail And I still got 99 Two 6's upside down Two 6's upside down