99 Years and One Dark Day
99 Years and Redemption: A Tale of Regret and Time
Lyrics
I've been in this prison twenty years or more
The speaker has been in prison for at least twenty years.
I shot my woman with a .44
The speaker confesses to committing a crime - shooting their woman with a .44 caliber gun.
I'll be right here till my dyin' day
The speaker anticipates being in prison until their death.
I got 99 years and one dark day
The speaker has a sentence of 99 years and one additional unspecified day.
Well the food is bad and the beds are hard
The living conditions in prison are described as unpleasant, with bad food and hard beds.
I spend all day breakin' rocks in the yard
The speaker spends their days doing hard labor, breaking rocks in the prison yard.
There ain't no change, gonna stay that way
There is no expectation of improvement; the situation is unlikely to change.
I got 99 years and one dark day
Reiteration of the lengthy sentence - 99 years and one dark day.
Well there ain't no singer gonna sing a song
No singer or song can persuade the prison warden to reconsider the speaker's guilt.
and convince this warden that I ain't wrong
The warden is unwavering in their conviction of the speaker's guilt.
His mind's made up, gonna stay that way
The warden's decision is final; there is no hope for a change in the sentence.
I got 99 years and one dark day
Reiteration of the lengthy sentence - 99 years and one dark day.
I never learned to read, I never learned to write
The speaker reveals a lack of basic education; they never learned to read or write.
My whole life's been one big fight
The speaker characterizes their life as a constant struggle or conflict.
I never learned about the righteous way
The speaker admits to a lack of understanding about the right or moral way of living.
I got 99 years and one dark day
Reiteration of the lengthy sentence - 99 years and one dark day.
I recall a time many years ago
A flashback to a previous crime - shooting the woman with a .44.
I shot my woman with a .44
Repetition of the crime committed in the past.
I'll be right here till my dyin' day
Reiteration of the speaker's expectation to be in prison until death.
I got 99 years and one dark day
Reiteration of the lengthy sentence - 99 years and one dark day.
Yeah, I got 99 years and one dark day
Final repetition of the lengthy sentence - 99 years and one dark day.
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