[00:08.63]Early one morning while making the rounds
[00:10.56]I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
[00:16.17]I went right home and I went to bed
[00:19.92]I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head
[00:24.66]Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun
[00:28.16]took a shot of cocaine and away I run
[00:32.21]Made a good run but I run too slow
[00:35.71]they overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
[00:40.39]Late in the hot joints taking the pills
[00:44.00]in walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
[00:47.50]He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
[00:51.68]You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down
[00:56.30]Said yes oh yes my name is Willy Lee
[00:59.36]if you've got the warrant just aread it to me
[01:03.23]Shot her down because she made me sore
[01:07.22]I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
[01:13.46]When I was arrested I was dressed in black
[01:17.20]They put me on a train and they took me back
[01:21.38]Had no friend for to go my bail
[01:24.88]they slapped my dried up carcass in that country jail
[01:29.68]Early next morning bout a half past nine
[01:32.68]I spied the sheriff coming down the line
[01:36.67]Ah and he coughed as he cleared his throat
[01:40.10]He said come on you dirty heck into that district court
[01:45.05]Into the courtroom my trial began
[01:48.15]where I was handled by twelve honest men
[01:52.52]Just before the jury started out
[01:56.21]I saw the little judge commence to look about
[02:01.38]In about five minutes in walked the man
[02:05.44]holding the verdict in his right hand
[02:08.90]The verdict read in the first degree
[02:12.65]I hollered Lowdy Lowdy have a mercy on me
[02:17.39]The judge he smiled as he picked up his ben
[02:20.88]99 years in the Folsom pen
[02:24.25]99 years underneath that ground
[02:28.37]I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
[02:33.05]Come on you've gotta listen unto me
[02:36.48]lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be