Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed my gun
I 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
Layed in the hot joint takin' the pill
In walked a sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown,
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"
"Yes, Oh Yes, My name is Willy Lee,
If you've got a warrant just read it to me,
Shot her down because she made me slow,
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 that county jail
The next mornin' about a half past nine
I spyed a sheriff comin' down the line
He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat
He said "Come on, you dirty hack to the district court "
Into the courtroom my trial began
Where I was held by twelve honest men
Just before the jury started out
I saw that dirty judge commence to look about
In about five minutes in walked a 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 smiled as he picked up his pen
Ninety-nine years in the Folsom State pen
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
Come on you gotta listen unto me
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be Sooey!