Ear-

ly

one

mor-

ning

while

ma-

king

the

rounds

I

took

a

shot

of

co-

caine

and

I

shot

my

wo-

man

down

I

went

right

home

and

I

went

to

bed

I

stuck

that

lo-

ving

for-

ty

four

be-

neath

my

head

Got

up

next

mor-

ning

and

I

grabbed

that

gun

Took

a

shot

of

co-

caine

and

a-

way

I

run

Made

a

good

run

but

I

run

too

slow

They

o-

ver-

took

me

down

in

Jua-

rez,

Me-

xi-

co

Late

in

the

hot

jo-

ints

ta-

king

the

pills

In

walked

the

she-

riff

from

Je-

ri-

cho

Hill

He

said,

"Wil-

ly

Lee,

your

name

is

not

Jack

Brown

You're

the

dir-

ty

hack

that

shot

your

wo-

man

down"

Said

"Yes,

oh

yes,

my

name

is

Wil-

ly

Lee

If

you've

got

the

war-

rant

just

a-

read

it

to

me

Shot

her

down

be-

cause

she

made

me

slow

I

thought

I

was

her

dad-

dy

but

she

had

five

more."

When

I

was

ar-

res-

ted

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

car-

cass

in

that

coun-

ty

jail

Ear-

ly

next

mor-

ning

about

a

half

past

nine

I

spied

the

she-

riff

co-

ming

down

the

line

Talked

and

he

coughed

as

he

cleared

his

throat

He

said,

"Come

on

you

dir-

ty

hack

in-

to

that

dis-

trict

court"

In-

to

the

court-

room,

my

tri-

al

be-

gan

Where

I

was

hand-

led

by

twelve

ho-

nest

men

Just

be-

fore

the

ju-

ry

star-

ted

out

I

saw

that

litt-

le

judge

com-

mence

to

look

a-

bout

In

a-

bout

five

mi-

nutes,

in

walked

the

man

Hol-

ding

the

ver-

dict

in

his

right

hand

The

ver-

dict

read,

in

the

first

de-

gree

I

hol-

lered,

"Law-

dy,

Law-

dy,

have

mer-

cy

on

me"

The

judge

he

smiled

as

he

picked

up

his

pin

Nine-

ty-

nine

years

in

the

Fol-

som

Pen

Nine-

ty-

nine

years

un-

der-

neath

that

ground

I

can't

for-

get

the

day

I

shot

that

bad

bitch

down

Come

on,

you've

got

to

lis-

ten

un-

to

me

Lay

off

that

whis-

ky,

and

let

that

co-

caine

be