Cocaine Blues

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Early one mornin' while making the rounds
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I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
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I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head

[Verse 2]
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Got up the next morning and I grabbed my gun
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I 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

[Verse 3]
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Laid in the hot joint, takin' the pill
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In walked the Sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said "Willie Lee,
your name is not Jack Brown"
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"You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"

[Verse 4]
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 Yes, oh yes my name is Willie Lee
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If you've got a warrant just 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

[Guitar Solo 1]
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[Violin Solo]
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[Verse 5]
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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 doddered carcass in that county jail

[Verse 6]
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 The next morning 'bout a half past nine
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I spied a Sheriff comin' down the line
He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat
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He said "Come on you dirty hack,
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to the district court"

[Verse 7]
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Entered the courtroom,
and my trial began
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Where I was held by twelve honest men
Just before the jury started out
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I saw that dirty judge commence to look about

[Pedal Steel Guitar Solo]
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[Guitar Solo 2]
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[Verse 8]
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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,
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Lordyhave mercy on   me!"

[Verse 9]
The judge smiled as he picked up his pen
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"Ninety-nine years in the Folsom State Pen"
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
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I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch
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 down

[Outro]
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Come on you've gotta listen up to me
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"Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be!"