[Verse 1]
Early one morning while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down
I shot her down then I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head

[Verse 2]
Woke up next morning and I grabbed that gun
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
The overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

[Verse 3]
In the hot joint takin' the pills
There 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"

[Verse 4]
Yes, so my name's is Billy Lee
If you've 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

[Verse 5]
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
They threw me on a freight train and hauled me back
Had no friend who'd go my bail
They stuck my dried-up carcass in the county jail

[Verse 6]
Early next morning 'round half past nine
I saw the sheriff comin' down the line
That sheriff yelled as he cleared his throat
Said, "Come on, you dirty hackin' to the district court"

[Verse 7]
Into the courtroom, my trial began
Where I was judged by twelve honest men
Yes, as the jury started walkin' out
I saw that little judge commence to look about

[Verse 8]
In about five minutes then walked a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read in the first degree
Well I shouted "Lawdy, Lawdy, please have mercy on me"

[Verse 9]
The judge he smiled when he picked up his pen
Ninety-nine years in the Folsom Pen
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
But I can't forget that day I shot my woman down

Come on you've gotta listen unto me
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be