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Stack Shot Billy Lyrics
Stack shot Billy in the back of the head
Stack made sure Bily Lyons was dead
.45 pistol down in Stack's right hand
sent him away to the promised land
Stack shot Billy .45
Billy laid down and died
Stack Lee had himself an evil brain
loved his gun and his sweet cocaine
but stack got quiet when the shadows fell
'cause he knew soon enough he'd burn in hell
Stack shoit Billy .45
Billy laid down and dies
Stack made sure Bily Lyons was dead
.45 pistol down in Stack's right hand
sent him away to the promised land
Billy laid down and died
loved his gun and his sweet cocaine
but stack got quiet when the shadows fell
'cause he knew soon enough he'd burn in hell
Billy laid down and dies
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Submitted by
klysandral_1 On Jan 15, 2006
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first post???? awesome song i think they did it on conan if not, im thinking of something else
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee
The story of Stagger Lee or Stack O'Lee and Billy Lyons is a key figure in American blues music. In 1895, Stack shot Billy Lyons, pretty much as the song states. For whatever reason, the story was adapted into a blues song, and blues being an incestuous musical form, it thoroughly ingrained itself in the aesthetic, with artists as diverse as the Clash doing their own spin on it. Perhaps one of the grittiest versions of it is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Stagger Lee," from the "Murder Ballads" album.
Along with 'The Lengths', my favorite track off the 'Rubber Factory' LP. Once he finds the right guitar part and the drums kick in, you can't help but groove in its blues rock "badassery".
bad assery indeed.