johnny 99

• nebraska'nin en buruk kosesi.. 99 yil yemis bir adamin hikayesi.. ya da bir rock star'in engin bir narrator olarak portresi..
  
  hemen ertesi yil johnny cash de bu sarkiyi albumune almis, hatta albumune isim olarak yine bu sarkiyi secmisti.. ikisinin yorumu da yakici, yikici..
  
  sozlerinden kacis yok tabii^*..
  
  well they closed down the auto plant in mahwah late that month
  ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none
  he came home too drunk from mixin' tanqueray and wine
  he got a gun shot a night clerk now they call'm johnny 99
  
  down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop
  johnny's wavin' his gun around and threatenin' to blow his top
  when an off-duty cop snuck up on him from behind
  out 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 young 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
  
  a fist fight 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 son you got a statement you'd like to make
  before the bailiff comes to forever take you away
  
  now judge i had debts no honest man could pay
  the bank was holdin' my mortgage and they were gonna take my house away
  now i ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man
  but it was more `n all this that put that gun in my hand
  
  well 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
  then sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time
  and let `em shave off my hair and put me on that killin' line
• johnny cash'in, nebraska'nın küllü, sert ruhundan bihaber terennüm ettiği şarkı.. kısaca, içine sıçtığı şarkı da denebilir elbet..
  nitekim sayın 99'u, bruce beyin nefiş puslu yorumuyla birlik, john hiatt'ın da çatallı, bıçaklı, eli maşalı sesinden dinlemek daha bir zihin açıcı, daha bir hüsnü şenlendirici'dir^*..
• sevgili zekiye hanim'in belirttigi bickin john hiatt yorumu one step up two steps back albumunden temin edilebilir..
• 17 agustos 1999 depreminin tarihini içerdiği için "cani 99 yılı"na verilen bir ad olabilir.