C*****e Blues (Live)-Johnny Cash

[00:08.63]Early one morning while making the rounds [00:10.56]I took a shot of c*****e and I shot my woman down [00:16.17]I went right home and I went to bed [00:19.92]I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head [00:24.66]Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun [00:28.16]took a shot of c*****e and away I run [00:32.21]Made a good run but I run too slow [00:35.71]they overtook me down in Juarez Mexico [00:40.39]Late in the hot joints taking the pills [00:44.00]in walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill [00:47.50]He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown [00:51.68]You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down [00:56.30]Said yes oh yes my name is Willy Lee [00:59.36]if you've got the warrant just aread it to me [01:03.23]Shot her down because she made me sore [01:07.22]I thought I was her daddy but she had five more [01:13.46]When I was arrested I was dressed in black [01:17.20]They put me on a train and they took me back [01:21.38]Had no friend for to go my bail [01:24.88]they slapped my dried up carcass in that country jail [01:29.68]Early next morning bout a half past nine [01:32.68]I spied the sheriff coming down the line [01:36.67]Ah and he coughed as he cleared his throat [01:40.10]He said come on you dirty heck into that district court [01:45.05]Into the courtroom my trial began [01:48.15]where I was handled by twelve honest men [01:52.52]Just before the jury started out [01:56.21]I saw the little judge commence to look about [02:01.38]In about five minutes in walked the man [02:05.44]holding the verdict in his right hand [02:08.90]The verdict read in the first degree [02:12.65]I hollered Lowdy Lowdy have a mercy on me [02:17.39]The judge he smiled as he picked up his ben [02:20.88]99 years in the Folsom pen [02:24.25]99 years underneath that ground [02:28.37]I can't forget the day I shot that bad ***** down [02:33.05]Come on you've gotta listen unto me [02:36.48]lay off that whiskey and let that c*****e be