Soundtracks - Cocaine Blues lyrics

early one morning while making my rounds I took a shot of c**aine and i shot my baby down I shot her down and then i went to bed I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head Late the next morning i grabbed my gun I took a shot of c**aine and away i run I made a good run, but i run too slow They overtook me down is juarez, mexico I was in the hot joint takin the pill In walked the sheriff from jericho hill He said "willy lee, your name is not jack brown. "you're the dirty hack that shot your woman down." Yes, so my name is willy lee If you got a warrant you better read it to me I shot her down cause she made me sore I thought i was her daddy, but she had five more When i was arrested i was dressed in black They stuck me on a freight train and they hauled me back I had no friend to throw my bail So they stuck my dried up carcas in the county jail The next morning bout half past nine I saw a sheriff walking down the line The sheriff said as he cleared his throat "comon you dirty hack into the district court." The next morning my trial began Where i was judged by twelve honest men And as the jury started walking out I saw that little judge commence to look about In bout five minutes in walked a man Holding the verdict in his right hand The verdict said in the first degree I cried, oh lord, please have mercy on me The judge smiled as he picked up his pen "ninety nine years in the san quentin penn!" Ninety nine years underneath that ground I wont forget the day i shot that bad b**h down Comon you hotheads listen up to me Stay off that whiskey and let that c**aine be...