Wonderful 99 Lyrics - 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 

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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 

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