Cocaine Blues

Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
 I took a shot of cocaine and shot my woman down
 I went right home and went to bed
 Stuck that lovin' 44 right beneath my head
 Got up next mornin', I was grabbed that gun
 I 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
 Laid in the hot joint, takin' pills
 In walked a sheriff from Jericho Hill
 He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown
 You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"
 Yes sir, my name is Willie Lee
 If you've got a warrant just read it to me
 Shot her down because she made me slow
 I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
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 When I was arrested I was dressed in black
 They put me on a train, took me back
 Had no friends to pay my bail
 They slapped my dried up carcass in the county jail
 Early next morning about a half past nine
 I spied a sheriff comin' down the line
 Then he coughed and cleared his throat
 He said, "Come on, you dirty hack, into that district court"
 Into the court room trial began
 Where I was held by 12 honest men
 Just before the jury started out
 I saw that little judge commence to look about
 In 'bout five minutes a man walked in
 Holding the verdict in his right hand
 The verdict read in the first degree
 I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me"
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 The judge, he smiled and picked up his pen
 99 years in the Folsom pen
 99 years underneath that ground
 I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
 Come on you gotta listen to me
 Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
 That's all