You've heard about the dirty dozen and the tales of the green beret
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The men that sank the Bismarck and the fighting C.I. A.
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But if you're talkin' danger then one name comes to mind
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Make an unwise decision call the wonderful 99
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It was way back in the nineties a dollar still was worth a dime
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An international coincidence made Newsweek and Time
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A hundred brave men or women, give or take a few
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Got started on a Friday night by Monday they were back in school
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Two kings, A pope, and the president of the Denver Savings and Loan
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Made and unwise decision, wished they'd stayed at home
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A missile launching pad didn't go as planned
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The wonderful 99 were called to deliver it by hand
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99 brave soldiers in 99 pair of Keds
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Lookin' for a Motel 6 with 99 twin beds
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A place to park a missile an watch some cable news
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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
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Most of it's top secret, the rest is history
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It's been a couple weeks now, how the memory fades with time
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Of an unwise decision and the wonderful 99
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Wonderful 99
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| John Prine |
