Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds <br />I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down <br />I went right home and I went to bed <br />I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head <br /> <br />Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun <br />Took a shot of cocaine and away I run <br />Made a good run but I ran too slow <br />They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico <br /> <br />Late in the hot joints takin' the pills <br />In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill <br />He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown <br />You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down <br /> <br />Said yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee <br />If you've got the warrant just a-read it to me <br />Shot her down because she made me sore <br />I thought I was her daddy but she had five more <br /> <br />When I was arrested I was dressed in black <br />They put me on a train and they took me back <br />Had no friend for to go my bail <br />They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail <br /> <br />Early next mornin' bout a half past nine <br />I spied the sheriff coming down the line <br />Ah, and he coughed as he cleared his throat <br />He said come on you dirty heck into that district court <br /> <br />Into the courtroom my trial began <br />Where I was handled by twelve honest men <br />Just before the jury started out <br />I saw the little judge commence to look about <br /> <br />In about five minutes in walked the man <br />Holding the verdict in his right hand <br />The verdict read murder in the first degree <br />I hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a mercy on me <br /> <br />The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen <br />99 years in the Folsom pen <br />99 years underneath that ground <br />I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down <br /> <br />Come on you've gotta listen unto me <br />Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be