Johnny Cash Cocaine Blues (live) Lyrics

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' .44 beneath my head
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
late in the hot joints takin' the pills
in walked the sheriff from jericho hill
he said w____ lee
your name is not jack brown
you're the dirty heck that shot your woman down
said yes
oh yes my name is w____ lee
if you 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
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
early next mornin'
'bout a half past nine
I spied the sheriff coming down the line
up then he coughed as he cleared his throat
he said come on
you dirty heck into that district court
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
in about five minutes in walked the man
holding the verdict in his right hand
the verdict read in the first degree
I hollered lordy lordy
have mercy on me
the judge
he smiled as he picked up his pen
99 years in the folsom pen
99 years underneath that ground
I can't forget the day I shot that bad b____ down
come on
you gotta listen unto me
lay off that whiskey
and let that cocaine be