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Artist/Band: John Prine
Lyrics for Song: Wonderful 99
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - John Prine



You've heard about the dirty dozen and the tales of the green beret

The men that sank the bismarck and the fighting c.i. a.

But if you're talkin' danger then one name comes to mind

Make an unwise decision call the wonderful 99



It was way back in the nineties a dollar still was worth a dime

An international coincidence made newsweek and time

A hundred brave men or women, give or take a few

Got started on a friday night by monday they were back in school



Two kings, a pope, and the president of the denver savings and loan

Made and unwise decision, wished they'd stayed at home

A missile launching pad didn't go as planned

The wonderful 99 were called to deliver it by hand



99 brave soldiers in 99 pair of keds

Lookin' for a motel 6 with 99 twin beds

A place to park a missile an watch some cable news

Maybe rent the top gun video and grimace like tom cruise



Now there's 99 yellow ribbons around the old oak tree

Most of it's top secret, the rest is history

It's been a couple weeks now, how the memory fades with time

Of an unwise decision and the wonderful 99


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - John Prine


John Prine
"Other Songs - John Prine"


1. 'til A Tear Becomes A Rose
2. (we're Not) The Jet Set
3. A Good Time
4. Aimless Love
5. Automobile
6. Baby Ruth
7. Back Street Affair
8. Beautiful World
9. Big Old Goofy World
10. Billy The Bum
11. Bruised Orange
12. Chinatown
13. Clocks & Spoons
14. Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
15. Common Sense
16. Crooked Piece Of Time
17. Dear Abbey
18. Donald And Lydia
19. Fish & Whistle
20. Forbidden Jimmy
21. German Afternoons
22. He Was In Heaven Before He Died
23. How Lucky
24. How Much Tequila
25. I Had A Dream
26. I Know One
27. If She Were You
28. In A Town This Size
29. In Spite Of Ourselves
30. Iron Ore Betty
31. It's A Cheating Situation
32. Jackie O
33. Just Wanna Be With You
34. Kokomo
35. Let's Invite Them Over
36. Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
37. Letter To The Penthouse Forum
38. Linda Goes To Mars
39. Love, Love, Love
40. Lulu Walls
41. Maureen Maureen
42. Me, Myself, & I
43. Mexican Home
44. Middleman
45. Milwaukee Here I Come
46. My Own Best Friend
47. Nine Pound Hammer
48. No Name Girl
49. Often Is A Word I Seldom Use
50. One Red Rose
51. Onomatopoeia
52. Please Don't Burry Me
53. Quiet Man
54. Rocky Mountain Time
55. Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
56. Saigon
57. Shop Talk
58. Silent Night, All Day Long
59. Six O'clock News
60. Sleepy Eyed Boy
61. Slow Boat To China
62. So Sad
63. Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love
64. Space Monkey
65. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
66. Sweet Revenge
67. Take The Star Out Of The Window
68. That Close To You
69. That's The Way That The World Goes Round
70. The Accident
71. The Hobo Song
72. The Torch Singer
73. The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over
74. There She Goes
75. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
76. Third Of July
77. This Cold War With You
78. Ubangi Stomp
79. We Are The Lonley
80. We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds
81. Wedding Bells/let's Turn Back The Years
82. Wedding Day In Funeralville
83. When Two Worlds Collide
84. Wonderful 99
85. Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You
86. You Never Even Call Me By My Name