Ry Cooder
Viola Lee Blues
The judge decreed it—
Clerk, he wrote it—
I said, he wrote it—
Down, indeedy

The judge repeated—
Clerk, he wrote it down—
With this-here sentence
You must be Nashville bound

Some got a six-months
Some got a solid—
I mean, a solid—
Year, indeedy

Some got a six-month—
Some do a solid year
But me and my buddy
Both got lifetime here—play