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've still got ninety-nine
You see I set myself in a gambling game
And I couldn't have played 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 about 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've wasted away
And I lost 'bout ninety-nine
I lost 'bout ninety-nine
I lost 'bout ninety-nine
My stack of gold I've wasted away
And I lost 'bout ninety-nine
I walked into the hockk 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'd seen 'em again
He ran away, left her behind
I'd laid 'em low with my old .44
And the judge gave me ninety-nine
The judge gave me ninety-nine
The judge gave me ninety-nine
I'd laid 'em low with my old .44
And the judge gave me ninety-nine
The jury said he'll have to pay
The clerk he look around at me
No, judge he spoke my number, Lord
Two sixes upside down
Two sixes upside down
Two sixes upside down
The mean old judge, he called my number, Lord
Two sixes 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've still got ninety-nine
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've still got ninety-nine
Two sixes upside down
Two sixes upside down