Cocaine Blues

Lyrics

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
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run, but I ran too slow
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

Laid in the hot joints takin' the pill
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down"

Said, "Yes, sir, yes, my name is Willy Lee
If you've got the 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"

When I was arrested, I was dressed in black
They put me on a train and they sent me back
Had no friend for to go my bail
They slapped my dying carcass in that county jail

Early next mornin' 'bout a half past nine
I saw that sheriff coming down the line
Puffed his chest as he cleared his throat
He said, "Come on you dirty heck into that district court"

That district court where my trial began
Where I was tried by 12 honest men
Just before the jury started out
I saw the 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 some mercy on me"

The judge, he smiled as he 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