Early one mornin' while makin' the roundsI took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman downI went right home and I wen
t to bedI stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my headGot up next mornin' and I grabbed that gunTook a shot of cocaine and away I
runMade a good run but I ran too slowThey overtook me down in Juarez, MexicoLate in the hot joints takin' the pillsIn walk
ed the sheriff from Jericho HillHe said Willy Lee your name is not Jack BrownYou're the dirty heck that shot your woman down
Said yes, oh yes my name is Willy LeeIf you've got the warrant just a-read it to meShot her down because she made me soreI
thought I was her daddy but she had five moreWhen I was arrested I was dressed in blackThey put me on a train and they took
me backHad no friend for to go my bailThey slapped my dried up carcass in that county jailEarly next mornin' bout a half pa
st nineI spied the sheriff coming down the lineAh, and he coughed as he cleared his throatHe said come on you dirty heck int
o that district courtInto the courtroom my trial beganWhere I was handled by twelve honest menJust before the jury started
outI saw the little judge commence to look aboutIn about five minutes in walked the manHolding the verdict in his right han
dThe verdict read murder in the first degreeI hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a mercy on meThe judge he smiled as he picked up h
is pen99 years in the Folsom pen99 years underneath that groundI can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch downCome on yo
u've gotta listen unto meLay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be