Bruce on the artist
intro to the song:
"Ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, if you want to own that woman´s love….Ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, if you want to own that woman´s love´) Now you´re saying what do they mean by that….what I wanna know….you know how it is when you first start going out with somebody and like, you got one your love-face, you´re not the way you really are, you say ´This time I´m gonna give a 100 % of my whole self to this one person, I´m not gonna hold anything back, I´m gonna give it all´…and then about six months later you´re giving about 80….and about three months later you´re giving 50….then about three months after that you´re giving….that´s right, who´s here with their, are you folks together tonight ?…does he give you a 100 % of his love ?…. she says ´No´….thank you for your honesty….that´s right….Roy, what´s, what´s the average that a man gives a woman ? Roy´s got a college education studying a lot of statistics, what´s the average ?….about 65 %….and that´s why when she walks out, you hear in the back of your head….Ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, if you want to own that woman´s love….Bobby, I think we need, I think we need a woman´s side of, of the whole thing….(?) we gotta get the women´s opinion here ….uh, Angel, what about 60 % ? (Angel : (?)) what about 70 % (Angel : ´That just won´t do´) what about 80 ? (Angel : ´That ain´t enough´) what about 90 % (Angel : ´Not even, no, no´) ….Ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, if you want to own that woman´s love…..now I know what you´re thinking out there, you´re thinking ´Boss, you ain´t got no problems, you live in that big, fancy house in Beverly Hills, you got all that money, you don´t need to deal with that shit´….but I´ve struggled with this myself, you see….and let me tell you what I did….you see (?)….I….what the hell did I do ? wait a minute….it´s coming back to me now, it´s coming back to me….oh yeah, oh yeah….what I did was I (chuckles) I took this advice, you see, and I, and I started to think and I went way up to the east side to a real expensive shrink….I went down to his office, told my story and bowed my head, he put down his pad and all he said was….´Ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, if you want to own that woman´s love…..well, now, listen up, buddy, you can take my advice ….I´m somebody who´s been down that aisle once or twice….the only thing, let me tell you, that I learned….if in the flame of love your heart´s been burned, you oughta know…..Ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, ninety-nine and a half won´t do, if you want to own that woman´s love…"