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