Stagger Lee, why’d you do that?
Done killed a man, all for a stetson hat
You could dream on by what you could’ve been
Ain’t no use wondering, no more

Take me down to Fanning Street
Buy me a drink to get me on my feet
And we could dream on by what we could’ve been
Ain’t no use wondering, no more

I’ve been in clothes, golden cuffs
Been dressed in stripes and driven to the bluffs
She could dream on by what I could’ve been
Ain’t no use wondering, no more

Stagger Lee, why’d you do that?
Done killed a man, all for a stetson hat
She could dream on by what you’ve could’ve been
Ain’t no use wondering, no more