Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues

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 Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down

Said yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee
If you've got the warrant just a-read it to me
Shot her down because 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 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
Ah, and 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 murder in the first degree
I hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a 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 bitch down

Come on you've gotta listen unto me
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be


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[TheNung]

fuck the government

[517damian]

Like a Russian Badger

[TheRictofen115]

WOOOOOOOOW 296 thumbs up and none down jeez thats cool man seriously ive never seen that lol

[TheRictofen115]

coke is a great drug! but the thing is there's a story and the truth about how cocaine kills people and i already knew it killed people as in OD but it kills people just by being grown! honestly if i remember rightly i think for every patch of coca leaf being made a child/man/woman would end up dying for that one patch which produced on average 4 ounces of cocaine! 4 ounces = 1 death! also for every line you sniff you sniff at least 0.01% human DNA! because the coca leaf absorbs DNA from humans!

[Josh brannan]

Love this song true life

[smity werbin]

266 people need to get lost.

[Lenny Laggan]

why?

[rozl66]

Johnny Cash IS THE MAN! simple as that.

[WeedHeadPig]

this song is perfection how to add comedy to music 

[Joseph DeNardo]

Only Johnny Cash could rhyme pen with pen!



[brett boswell]

that bad bitch