I've been runnin', just tryin' to make a hundred Well, ninety-nine-and-a-half didn't do Says, I been a-runnin', (slide finishes line) Well, ninety-nine-and-a-half didn't do Oh, won't do, oh, won't do Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half won't do Oh, won't do, won't do Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half won't do My Mother she run, to try to make a hundred Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half didn't do My Mother she run, to try to make a hundred Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half didn't do It didn't do, oh, didn't do Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half didn't do It didn't do, it didn't do Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half didn't do Well, you talk about me that, the much as you please And why'd you talk? I'm on the bended knees Satan would pass, a-like a snake in the grass It's only time, no Christian pass I haven't been to Heaven, but I been told The streets was pearly, the gates was gold So when I get to Heaven, gwine a-sing and tell A-how I'm escape them gates of hell And when I get to Heaven, 'bout a thousand years I set right down, look, I talk and tell I talk about my Father, I chatter with the Son I talk about a world that I just come from 'Cause I been a-prayin', just tryin' to make a hundred Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half won't do Well, I been prayin', (guitar finishes line) Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half didn't do Oh, won't do, oh, won't do Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half won't do Oh, won't do, it won't do Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half won't do Amazing grace, how sweet it sound You see a risk like me I once was lost, but now I'm found I was blind, but now I see 'Cause I'm gonna sing to, to try to make a hundred Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half won't do 'Cause I'm gonna sing to try to make a hundred Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half won't do It won't do, oh, won't do Oh, ninety-nine-and-a-half won't do It won't do, it won't do Oh, ninety-nine (guitar finishes line)