Cocaine Blues

Early one mornin' while makin' my rounds

I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down

Went right home and I went to bed

And stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head

Got up next mornin' and I grabbed up that gun

Took a shot of cocaine and away I run

Made my run but I run too slow

They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

Late in the hot joint, smokin' a deal

In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill

He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown"

Said, "You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"

"Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee

If you've got a warrant just read it to me

I shot her down because she made me sore

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

I had no friend for to go my bail

They slapped my dried up [Incomprehensible] jail

Early next mornin' 'bout a half past nine

I spot that big old sheriff comin' down the line

He hacked and he coughed as he cleared his throat

Said, "Come on, you dirty hack" into that district court

Into the courtroom, 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 up the verdict in his right hand

"Guilty, guilty in the first degree"

I hollered, "Someone please come sing them blues to me"

The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen

And he said, "99 years in that San Quentin pen"

99 years underneath that ground

I'd never forget the day I shot that bad bitch down

Come on, get up and listen unto me

Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be