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