Letras
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' forty-four beneath my head
Got up next 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, Mexico
Laid in the hot joints takin' the pills
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
Said, "Willie Lee, your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"
Oh yes, oh yes, my name is Willie Lee
If you 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
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
Put me on a train and they took me back
Had no friend for to go my bail
They slapped my dyed hair carcass in that county jail
Early next mornin' 'bout a half past nine
I spied a sheriff comin' down the line
Hocked and cocked as he cleared his throat
"Come on you dirty hack into that district court"
Into the courtroom my trial began
Where I was hailed 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
Holdin' 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 bitch down
Come on, you gotta listen unto me
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be