This song is filled with great lines. "Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop" "Too drunk from mixing Tanqueray and wine"
"The judge was Mean John Brown."
I agree with Lwis that "Johnny 99" is the nickname of anyone serving a 99 year sentence. Once Bruce says "Now they call him Johnny 99" he continues to refer to him as Johnny from that point on.
This song is filled with great lines. "Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop" "Too drunk from mixing Tanqueray and wine" "The judge was Mean John Brown."
I agree with Lwis that "Johnny 99" is the nickname of anyone serving a 99 year sentence. Once Bruce says "Now they call him Johnny 99" he continues to refer to him as Johnny from that point on.