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'
44 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 run 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 hack
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 slow
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 country jail
Early next mornin'
bout a half nine
I spied the sheriff
coming down the line
Talked 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
in the first degree
I hollered Lordy Lordy
have a mercy on me
The judge he smiled
as he picked up his pin
99 years in the Folsom pen
99 years
underneath that ground
I can't forget the day
I shot that bad ***** down
Come on you've gotta
listen unto me
lay off that whiskey
and let that cocaine be