I spied a Sheriff comin' down the line
I had no friend for to go my bail
Holding the verdict in his right hand
He said, “Willie Lee, your name is not Jack Brown
I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head
In walked the Sheriff from Jericho Hill
Yes, oh yes, my name is Willie Lee
Made a good run but I run too slow
I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me”
Got up next morning and I grabbed my gun
The verdict read “In the first degree"
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
When I was arrested, I was dressed in black
The judge smiled as he picked up his pen
They put me on a train and they took me back
I laid in the hot joint, takin' the pill
If you've got a warrant just read it to me
They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
I shot her down 'cause she made me slow
Just before the jury started out
Come on you've gotta listen up to me
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
The next morning 'bout a half past nine
He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat
He said, “Come on you dirty hack, to the district court”
Where I was held by twelve honest men
“Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be”
I saw that dirty judge commence to look about
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
I entered the courtroom and my trial began
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down”
In about five minutes, in walked a man
They slapped my doddered carcass in that county jail
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
Went right home and I went to bed
“Ninety-nine years in the Folsom State Pen”
