Merle Haggard — Cocaine Blues

[Verse 1] Early one morning while makin' my rounds I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down Went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head [Verse 2] Woke up next morning and I grabbed that gun 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] Laid in a hot joint smokin' a deal In 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 oh yes, my name is Willy Lee If you got a warrant, just read it to me I shot her down because 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 put me on a train and took me back Had no friend for to go my bail They slapped my dried-up carcass in that Kern County Jail [Verse 6] Early next morning about half past nine I spied that big old sheriff comin' down the line He hacked and he coughed as he cleared his throat Said, "Come on, you dirty hacker, to the district court" [Verse 7] Into the courtroom, my trial began Where I was handled by twelve honest men Just before the jury started out I saw that little judge commence to look about [Verse 8] In about five minutes, in walked a man Holding the verdict in his right hand "Guilty guilty in the first degree" I hollered, "Someone please come sing them blues to me!" [Verse 9] The judge he smiled when he picked up his pen Ninety-nine years in that San Quentin Pen Ninety-nine years underneath that ground I'll never forget the day I shot that bad bitch down [Outro] Come on, get up and listen unto me Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be