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Cocaine Blues Lyrics
Early one morning while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down
I shot her down then I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head
Woke up next morning and I grabbed that gun
I 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
In the hot joint takin' the pill
There walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down
Yes so my name's is Billy Lee
If you've got a warrant you better read it to me
I shot her down 'cause she made me sore
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
They threw me on a freight train and hauled me back
Had no friend who'd go my bail
They stuck my dried-up carcass in the county jail
Early next morning 'round half past nine
I saw the sheriff comin' down the line
That sheriff yelled as he cleared his throat
Said come on you dirty hackin' to the district court
Into the courtroom my trial began
Where I was judged by twelve honest men
Yes as the jury started walkin' out
I saw that little judge commence to look about
In about five minutes then walked a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read in the first degree
I shouted Lordy Lordy please have mercy on me
The judge he smiled when he picked up his pen
Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin Penn
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
But I can't forget that day I shot that bad bitch down
Come on you hotheads you listen to me
Stay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down
I shot her down then I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head
I 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
There walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down
Yes so my name's is Billy Lee
If you've got a warrant you better read it to me
I shot her down 'cause she made me sore
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
They threw me on a freight train and hauled me back
Had no friend who'd go my bail
They stuck my dried-up carcass in the county jail
I saw the sheriff comin' down the line
That sheriff yelled as he cleared his throat
Said come on you dirty hackin' to the district court
Where I was judged by twelve honest men
Yes as the jury started walkin' out
I saw that little judge commence to look about
In about five minutes then walked a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read in the first degree
I shouted Lordy Lordy please have mercy on me
Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin Penn
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
But I can't forget that day I shot that bad bitch down
Come on you hotheads you listen to me
Stay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Bmg Rights Management, Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer
William A Nichols, T.j. Arnall
Duration
3:01
Producer
Sam Phillips
Release date
Oct 11, 1960
Sentiment
Negative
Submitted by
oofus On Aug 27, 2005
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im pretty sure its about cocaine
the last line says it all. No good ever comes of cocaine
@jim19617 This is wisdom: cocaine, as drugs go, isn’t “worth” a damn. Stay away, kids.
@jim19617 This is wisdom: cocaine, as drugs go, isn’t “worth” a damn. Stay away, kids.
Nah Drugs are fine, really they are. I suppose you enjoy drinking ikkin so dont condemn drugs you make youself a hypocrit like so many people
hey theres no need to argue people, its about the music anyway!
The songs great, he got those prisoners riled up, thats all that matters =]
Good song though.
lol at chobba111.
Anyway, I love this song. It's tone is so defiant. Even if it has a wholesome moral at the end, he's in no way apologetic.
Also, the crowd noise on Folsom Prison adds so much to the feel of the song.
cocaine+whiskey=insane .... thats what i hear atleast
bigwill u pretty much hit the nail on the head this is his day wen u do dat combanation
Cocaine is the worst drug. It makes you feel awful. Please don't even try it (cocaine)! (if this even helps one person resist it). But really all drugs are bad. Be high on life! It sounds corny, but drugs really screw with your head and eventually they will make you depressed. Take it from someone who is fighting the battle now.
back in the good ole bad ass days a man used to put his cocaine in his whiskey and drink it! in the movie they didn't want to show that he had a coke problem, but he did.
Stevie Ray Vaughn used to party the same way.