^CEarly one mornin' while makin' the rounds I took a shot of cocaine and ^Gshot my woman down, I went right home and I went to bed I s^Ctuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head

^CGot up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun, I took a shot of cocaine and ^Gaway I run, made a good run but I run too slow They ^Covertook me down in Juarez, Mexico

^CLate in the hot joints takin' the pills, In walked the sheriff from ^GJericho Hill, He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown Y^Cou're the dirty hack that shot your woman down

^CSaid yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee, If you've got a warrant just a-^Gread it to me, shot her down because she made me sore I th^Cought I was her daddy but she had five more ^CWhen I was arrested I was dressed in black, they put me on a train and they to^Gok me back, I had no friend for to go my bail T^Chey slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail ^CEarly next mornin' bout a half past nine, I spied the sheriff coming ^Gdown the line, As he coughed as he cleared his throat He said ^Ccome on you dirty hack into the district court ^CInto the courtroom my trial began Where I was handled by ^Gtwelve honest men, Just before the jury started out ^CI saw the little judge commence to look about ^CIn about five minutes in walked the man, holding the verdict in ^Ghis right hand, The verdict read in the first degree ^CI hollered Lordy Lordy, have a mercy on me ^CThe judge he smiled as he picked up his pen, 99 years in the ^GFolsom pen, 99 years underneath that ground I c^Can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down

^CCome on you've gotta listen ^Funto me, ^GLay off that whiskey and let that cocaine ^Cbe