Cocaine Blues - Live Version
Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
Took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun
Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run but I ran too slow
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
Late in the hot joints takin' the pills
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown"
"You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down"
Said, "Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee"
"If you've got the warrant just a-read it to me"
"Shot her down because she made me sore"
"I thought I was her daddy but she had five more"
In about five minutes in walked the man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
Verdict read murder in the first degree
I hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a mercy on me
The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
99 years in the Folsom pen
99 years underneath that ground
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
Come on you've gotta listen unto me
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
Took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun
Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run but I ran too slow
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
Late in the hot joints takin' the pills
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown"
"You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down"
Said, "Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee"
"If you've got the warrant just a-read it to me"
"Shot her down because she made me sore"
"I thought I was her daddy but she had five more"
In about five minutes in walked the man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
Verdict read murder in the first degree
I hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a mercy on me
The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
99 years in the Folsom pen
99 years underneath that ground
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
Come on you've gotta listen unto me
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
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Writer(s): T J Arnall, William A Nichols
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