Well, they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late last month 嗯，他们上月底关停莫瓦的汽车厂

Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none 拉尔夫出去追寻的工作，但他找不到无

He came home too drunk from mixin' Tanqueray and wine 他回家后混入“坦克里和酒也醉了

He got a gun, shot a night clerk, now they call him Johnny 99 他有枪，打出了一夜店员，现在他们都叫他乔尼99

   

Down at the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop 下来的城市里，当你打了红灯，你不停止部分

Johnny's wavin' his gun around and a-threatin' to blow his top 约翰尼的威文“他的枪和四周A- threatin 吹他的高级

When an off duty cop snuck up on him from behind 当一个休班警察悄然进入他从后面

In front of the club Tip Top, they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99 在俱乐部提示顶前，他们在约翰尼掴99袖口

   

Well, the city suplied the public defender, but the judge was mean John Brown 那么，这个城市suplied的公设辩护人，但法官是平均约翰·布朗

He came into the courtroom and he stared poor Johnny down 他走进法庭，他盯着可怜的约翰尼下来

Well, the evidence is clear, gonna let the sentence fit the crime 那么，证据确凿，不会让这句话与罪行相称

Ninety-eight and a year will make it even, Johnny 99 九十八，一年将使其均匀，约翰尼· 99

   

A fist fight broke out in the courtroom, they had to drag Johnny's girl away 拳架爆发了法庭，他们不得不拖约翰尼的女孩走

His mama stood up and shouted, judge don't take my boy this way 他的妈妈站了起来，大声喊道，法官不要把我的孩子这样，

Well son you got any statements you'd like to make 好儿子，你有什么，你要发言

Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away 在法警来到永远带你走

   

Yes, judge I got debts no honest man could pay 是的，法官我有债务，没有诚实的人可以交

The bank was holdin' my mortgage, they was takin' my house away 该银行被牵着我的房贷，他们被羚牛我的房子走

Now, I ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man 现在，我是不是在说让我一个无辜的人

But it was more than all this that put that gun in my hand 但它是比所有这一切的把那把枪拿在手中

   

And, your honor, I do believe I'd be better off dead 而且，你的荣誉，我相信我会更好过死

If you can take a man's life for the thoughts that are in his head 如果你可以把一个人的生命是在他的头脑中的念头

Then won't you sit back in that chair and think it over one more time 然后，你就不能坐下来在那张椅子上，并想好了一个更多的时间

And let them shave off my hair and burn Johnny 99 并让他们剃去我的头发，烧约翰尼99