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I am so popular in the grocery store Ninety-nine cents One ninety-nine Two ninety-nine Three ninety-nine Four ninety-nine Overused and underpaid if you ask me Always a bridesmaid, never a bride I do not quite make the grade Can you imagine anyone saying “How great the old lady lived to be ninety-nine? They never say that! They say “too bad she didn’t get to a hundred.” A hundred sounds perfect. Ninety-nine is a disappointment I feel like a failure Through no fault of my own Not quite living up to my potential. Who wants to invite ninety-nine to dance? No one. They are all running to ask one hundred.