Walk the Line movie - Cocaine Blues lyrics

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Song by Joaquin Phoenix<br /><br>

Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds<br>

I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down<br>

I went right home and I went to bed<br>

I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head<br>

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Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun<br>

Took a shot of cocaine and away I run<br>

Made a good run but I ran too slow<br>

They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico<br>

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Late in the hot joints takin' the pills<br>

In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill<br>

He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown<br>

You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down<br>

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Said yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee<br>

If you've got the warrant just a-read it to me<br>

Shot her down because she made me sore<br>

I thought I was her daddy but she had five more<br>

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When I was arrested I was dressed in black<br>

They put me on a train and they took me back<br>

Had no friend for to go my bail<br>

They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail<br>

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Early next mornin' bout a half past nine<br>

I spied the sheriff coming down the line<br>

Ah, and he coughed as he cleared his throat<br>

He said come on you dirty heck into that district court<br>

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Into the courtroom my trial began<br>

Where I was handled by twelve honest men<br>

Just before the jury started out<br>

I saw the little judge commence to look about<br>

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In about five minutes in walked the man<br>

Holding the verdict in his right hand<br>

The verdict read murder in the first degree<br>

I hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a mercy on me<br>

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The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen<br>

99 years in the Folsom pen<br>

99 years underneath that ground<br>

I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down<br>

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Come on you've gotta listen unto me<br>

Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be<br>

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