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

[00:00.78]Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds [00:04.20]I took a shot of ******* and I shot my woman down [00:08.10]I went right home and I went to bed [00:11.55]I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head [00:15.69]Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun [00:18.99]Took a shot of ******* and away I run [00:22.77]Made a good run but I run too slow [00:26.13]They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico [00:30.15]Laid in the hot joints takin' the pill [00:33.66]In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill [00:36.81]He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown [00:40.56]You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down [00:44.43]Said yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee [00:47.61]If you've got a warrant just a-read it to me [00:51.36]Shot her down because she made me slow [00:54.84]I thought I was her daddy, but she had five more [00:58.92]When I was arrested I was dressed in black [01:02.10]They put me on a train and they took me back [01:05.91]Had no friend for to go my bail [01:09.24]They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail [01:13.50]Early next mornin' bout a half past nine [01:16.86]I spied the sheriff coming down the line [01:19.35]Up then he coughed as he cleared his throat [01:23.19]He said, "Come on you dirty hack - into that district court" [01:24.84]Into the courtroom my trial began [01:25.56]Where I was handled by twelve honest men [01:26.43]Just before the jury started out [01:27.21]I saw that little judge commence to look about [01:28.20]In about five minutes in walked a man [01:31.02]Holding the verdict in his right hand [01:34.50]The verdict read in the first degree [01:38.07]I hollered, "Lawdy Lawdy, have mercy on me" [01:42.27]The judge, he smiled as he picked up his pen [01:46.41]99 years in the Folsom pen [01:50.37]99 years underneath that ground [01:52.56]I can't forget the day I shot that bad ***** down [01:56.64]Come on you've gotta listen unto me [02:00.03]Lay off that whiskey and let that ******* be