Cocaine Blues

Johnny Cash

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  P1:
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  S1:
  Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds 

  I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down 

  I went right home and I went to bed 

  I stuck that lovin' forty four beneath my head
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  S2:
  Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun 

  Took a shot of cocaine and away I run 

  Made a good run but I ran too slow 

  They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
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  S3:
  Late in the hot joints takin' the pills 

  In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill 

  He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown 

  You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down
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  S4:
  And yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee 

  If you've got the warrant just a-read it to me 

  Shot her down because she made me slow 

  I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
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  S5:
  When I was arrested I was dressed in black 

  They put me on a train and they took me back 

  Had no friend for to go my bail 

  They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail
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  S6:
  Early next mornin' bout a half past nine 

  I spied the sheriff coming down the line 

  Ah, and he coughed as he cleared his throat 

  He said come on you dirty heck into that district court
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  S7:
  Into the courtroom my trial began 

  Where I was handled by twelve honest men 

  Just before the jury started out 

  I saw the little judge commence to look about
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  S8:
  In about five minutes in walked the man 

  Holding the verdict in his right hand 

  The verdict read in the first degree 

  I hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a mercy on me
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  S9:
  The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen 

  Ninety nine years in the Folsom pen 

  Ninety nine years underneath that ground 

  I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down 

  Come on you've gotta listen unto me 

  Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be