Cocaine blues Early one mornin' while makin' the ...
Cocaine blues Early one mornin' while makin' the roundsI took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman downI went right home and I went to bedI stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my headGot up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun Took a shot of cocaine and away I runMade a good run but I ran too slowThey overtook me down in Juarez, MexicoLate in the hot joints takin' the pillsIn walked the sheriff from Jericho HillHe said Willy Lee your name is not Jack BrownYou're the dirty heck that shot your woman downSaid yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee If you've got the warrant just a-read it to meShot her down because she made me soreI thought I was her daddy but she had five moreWhen I was arrested I was dressed in blackThey put me on a train and they took me backHad no friend for to go my bail They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jailEarly next mornin' bout a half past nine I spied the sheriff coming down the lineAh, and he coughed as he cleared his throatHe said come on you dirty heck into that district courtInto the courtroom my trial began Where I was handled by twelve honest menJust before the jury started out I saw the little judge commence to look aboutIn about five minutes in walked the man Holding the verdict in his right handThe verdict read in the first degree I hollered Lordy Lordy, have a mercy on meThe judge he smiled as he picked up his pen 99 years in the Folsom pen99 years underneath that ground I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch downCome on you've gotta listen unto me Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
