early one mornin'while
makin'the rounds
i took a shot of cocaine
and shot my woman down
i went right home and i went to bed
i stuck that lovin
forty four beneath my head
got up ne t 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 me ico
laid in the hot joint takin the pill
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
i said yes sir my name is willie lee
if you've got a warrant
just read it to me
shot her down cause 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 friends for to go my bail
they slapped my dried up
carcass in the county jail
got up ne t morning
bout a half past nine
i spied a sheriff comin'down the line
coughed and he coughed as
he cleared his throat
he said come on you dirty
hack into that district court
into the court room my trial began
where i was handled by twelve honest men
just before the jury started out
i saw that little judge
commence to look about
in about five minutes in walked a man
holding the verdict in his right hand
the verdict read in the first degree
i hollered lordy lordy have 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 gotta listen unto me
lay off that whiskey
and let that cocaine be
