[ti:cocaine blues ] [ar:Joaquin Phoenix] [00:03.121]Early one mornin'while makin'the rounds [00:05.196]I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down [00:09.94]I went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin'44beneath my head [00:17.517]Got up next mornin'and I grabbed that gun took a shot of cocaine and away I run [00:24.904]Made a good run but I run too slow they overtook me down in Juarez Mexico [00:31.798]Late in the hot joints takin'the pills in walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill [00:40.797]He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown [00:44.656]You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down [00:48.687]Said yes oh yes my name is Willy Lee if you've got the warrant just aread it to me [00:55.140]Shot her down because she made me sore [00:58.804]I thought I was her daddy but she had five more [01:02.968]When I was arrested I was dressed in black [01:08.14]They put me on a train and they took me back [01:12.248]Had no friend for to go my bail they slapped my dried up carcass in that country jail [01:18.596]Early next mornin'bout a half past nine I spied the sheriff coming down the line [01:27.568]Ah and he coughed as he cleared his throat [01:31.15]He said come on you dirty heck into that district court [01:33.574]Into the courtroom my trial began where I was handled by twelve honest men [01:43.281]Just before the jury started out I saw the little judge commence to look about [01:51.181]In about five minutes in walked the man holding the verdict in his right hand [01:58.667]The verdict read in the first degree I hollered Lowdy Lowdy have a mercy on me [02:06.785]The judge he smiled as he picked up his ben 99years in the Folsom pen [02:14.582]99years underneath that ground I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down [02:22.381]Come on you've gotta listen unto me lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be