We were all down at Margie's bar

Telling stories if we had one

Someone fired the old jukebo up

The song sure was a sad one

A teardrop rolled down Bubba's nose

From the pain the song was inflicting

And all at once he jumped to his feet

Just like somebody kicked him

Bubba shot the juke bo last night

Said it played a sad song

that made him cry

Went to his truck and got a forty five

Bubba shot the juke bo last night

Bubba ain't never been accused

of being mentality stable

So we did not draw an easy breathe

till he laid that Colt on the table

He hung his head till the cops showed up

They dragged him right out of Margie's

Told him "Don't play dumb with us, son"

"You know damn well what the charge is."

Bubba shot the juke bo last night

Said it played a sad song

that made him cry

Went to his truck and got a forty five

Bubba shot the juke bo last night

Well, the sheriff arrived

with his bathrobe on

The confrontation was a tense one

Shook his head said, "Bubba Boy,"

"You was always a dense one."

Now reckless discharge of a gun

That's what the officers are claiming

Bubba hollered, "Reckless! Hell!"

"I hit just where I was aiming."

Bubba shot the juke bo last night

Said it played a sad song

that made him cry

Went to his truck and got a forty five

He shot the juke bo

stopped it with one shot

Bubba shot the jukebo last night

Well he could not tell right from wrong

Through the teardrops in his eyes

Beyond a shadow of a doubt

It was a...justifiable homicide

Bubba shot the juke bo

stopped it with one shot

Bubba shot the jukebo

last ni i ight