Early one mornin'
while makin'
the rounds
I took a shot
of cocaine
and I shot my
woman down
I went right home
and I went to bed
I stuck that lovin'
forty-four
beneath my head
Got up next mornin'
and I grabbed
that gun
Took a shot of cocaine
and away I run
Made a good run
but I ran too slow
they overtook me
down in Juarez Mexico
Late in the hot joints
takin' the pills
in walked the sheriff
from Jericho Hill
He said Willy Lee
your name is not
Jack Brown
You're the dirty heck
that shot your
woman down
Said yes
oh yes my name is
Willy Lee
If you've got
the warrant
just a-read it to me
Shot her down
because she
made me sore
I thought I was
her daddy but
she had five more
When I was arrested
I was dressed in black
they put me on a train
and they took me back
Had no friend for
to go my bail
they slapped my
dried up carcass
in that county jail
Early next mornin'
'bout a half past nine
I spied the sheriff
coming down the line
Ah and he coughed as
he cleared his throat
he said "Come on
you dirty heck into
that district court"
Into the courtroom
my trial began
where I was handled
by twelve honest men
Just before the jury
started out
I saw the little judge
commence to
look about
In about five minutes
in walked the man
Holding the verdict
in his right hand
the verdict read
murder in the
first degree
I hollered Lordy Lordy
have a mercy on me
The judge he smiled
as he picked up
his pen
Ninety-nine years
in the Folsom pen
Ninety-nine years
underneath
that ground
I can't forget the day
I shot that
bad b***h down
Come on you've gotta
listen unto me
lay off that whiskey
and let that
cocaine be...