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Early one morning while making 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 loving 44 beneath my head

Got up next mornin'gand 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

Late in the hot joints taking those pills
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown.
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down."

Oh yes, my name is Willy Lee
If you've got the warrant just read it to me
Shot her down because she made me so
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
Had no friend for to go my bail
They slapped my dried up carcass in the county jail

Early next morning about a half past nine
I spied the sheriff coming down the line
Talked and he coughed as he cleared his throat
He said "Come on, you dirty hack, into the district court."
Into the courtroom my trial began
Where I was handled by twelve honest men
Just before the jury started out
I saw the little judge commence to look about

In about five minutes in walked the man
Holding 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
99 years in the Folsom pen
99 years underneath that ground
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down

Come on you've gotta listen unto me
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be

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from A Kick In The Teeth, released July 11, 2011
Produced by Byron Blocker & The Offbeats. Mastered by Rob Harkness at Barn Productions, Los Angeles. Composed by T. J. "Red" Arnall.

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