I was doing fine until
I ran into your overk**
Stagger Lee
If you still remember me
I thought I really had it made
Until I ran into your blade
Stagger Lee
Now I'm a ghost in misery
Stagger Lee
I was in my finest clothes
My Sunday best I suppose
For Stagger Lee
Who owed money to me
All the whiskey on his tongue
And still they found the jury hung
For Stagger Lee
Who got away with k**ing me
Stagger Lee
I will be haunting you
Until your last breath is due
O Stagger Lee
And I know you want to be free
It don't work that way
You will suffer until I say
You done me wrong
So I wrote another song
You done me wrong
So I've done another song
About Stagger Lee
Stagger Lee