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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Early one morning while making the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I Gshot my woman down
I went right home and I went to bed
I Cstuck that loving forty four beneath my head
[Verse 2]
C Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun
Took a shot of cocaine and aGway I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
They Covertook me down in Juarez, Mexico
[Verse 3]
C Late in the hot joints taking the pills
In walked the sheriff from GJericho Hill
He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown
You'reC the dirty hack that shot your woman down"
[Verse 4]
C Said "Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee
If you've got the warrant just aGread it to me
Shot her down because she made me slow
I Cthought I was her daddy but she had five more."
[Verse 5]
C When I was arrested I was dressed in black,
They put me on a train and they Gtook me back
Had no friend for to go my bail
They Cslapped my dried up carcass in that county jail
[Verse 6]
C Early next morning about a half past nine
I spied the sheriff coming Gdown the line
Talked and he coughed as he cleared his throat
He said, "Come Con you dirty hack into that district court"
[Verse 7]
C Into the courtroom, my trial began
Where I was handled by Gtwelve honest men
Just before the jury started out
I Csaw that little judge commence to look about
[Verse 8]
C In about five minutes, in walked the man
Holding the verdict in Ghis right hand
The verdict read, in the first degree
I Chollered, "Lawdy, Lawdy, have mercy on me"
[Verse 9]
C The judge he smiled as he picked up his pin
Ninetynine years in the GFolsom Pen
Ninetynine years underneath that ground
I Ccan't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
[Outro]
C Come on, you've got to listen Funto me
DLay off that whisky, and Glet that cocaine Cbe
