'state road 99' story unfolds on southbound state road 99 dirt road windin', engine grindin', drivin' blind foot to the floor, young man flyin' from his crime dust cloud risin', chokin' the memories from his mind rear view mirror, 7 troopers closin' fast these five miles will surely be the young man's last i'm not a bad son sorry for the things i've done tell my mother, tell her i love her i'm not a bad boy i was once her pride and joy tell my father sorry for the bother how will they look at me as i lie lifelessly... on 99 tears and sweat mix with the sun that's in his eyes can't see the turn ahead can't see through all his desperate lies the crush of metal, the scream of glass, the engine drone twisted youth enters the darkness all alone i'm not a bad son sorry for the things i've done tell my mother, tell her i love her i'm not a bad boy i was once her pride and joy tell my father sorry for the bother how will they look at me as i lie lifelessly... on 99 the evenin' news didn't hear his mother's cries when they showed her baby lying dead on 99

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