Year: 1968 - Album: At Folsom Prison
Written by T J Arnall, William Nichols
C EARLY ONE MORNIN' WHILE MAKIN' THE ROUNDS G I TOOK A SHOT OF COCAINE AND I SHOT MY WOMAN DOWN I WENT RIGHT HOME AND I WENT TO BED C I STUCK THAT LOVIN' 44 BENEATH MY HEAD C GOT UP NEXT MORNIN' AND I GRABBED THAT GUN G TOOK A SHOT OF COCAINE AND AWAY I RUN MADE A GOOD RUN BUT I RUN TOO SLOW C THEY OVERTOOK ME DOWN IN JUAREZ MEXICO LAID IN THE HOT JOINT TAKIN' THE PILLS G IN WALKED THE SHERIFF FROM JERICHO HILL HE SAID WILLY LEE YOUR NAME IS NOT JACK BROWN C YOU'RE THE DIRTY HACK THAT SHOT YOUR WOMAN DOWN C SAID OH YES OH YES MY NAME IS WILLY LEE G IF YOU'VE GOT A WARRANT JUST A READ IT TO ME I SHOT HER DOWN CAUSE SHE MADE ME SLOW C I THOUGHT I WAS HER DADDY BUT SHE HAD FIVE MORE WHEN I WAS ARRESTED I WAS DRESSED IN BLACK G THEY PUT ME ON A TRAIN AND THEY TOOK ME BACK I HAD NO FRIEND FOR TO GO MY BAIL C THEY SLAPPED MY DRIED-UP CARCASS IN THE COUNTY JAIL EARLY NEXT MORNING ABOUT A HALF PAST NINE G I SPIED A SHERIFF COMIN' DOWN THE LINE HOCKED AND HE COUGHED AS HE CLEARED HIS THROAT C HE SAID COME ON YOU DIRTY HACK INTO THAT DISTRICT COURT C INTO THE COURTROOM MY TRIAL BEGAN G WHERE I WAS HANDLED BY TWELVE HONEST MEN JUST BEFORE THE JURY STARTED OUT C I SAW THAT LITTLE JUDGE COMMENCE TO LOOK ABOUT C IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES IN WALKED A MAN G HOLDING THE VERDICT IN HIS RIGHT HAND THE VERDICT READ IN THE FIRST DEGREE C I HOLLERED LORDY LORDY HAVE MERCY ON ME C THE JUDGE HE SMILED AS HE PICKED UP HIS PEN G NINETY NINE YEARS IN THE FOLSOM PEN NINETY NINE YEARS UNDERNEATH THAT GROUND C I CAN'T FORGET THE DAY I SHOT THAT BAD BITCH DOWN C COME ON COME ON AND LISTEN UNTO ME G LAY OFF THAT WHISKEY AND LET THAT COCAINE BE