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 run too slow
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

Late in the hot joints takin’ the pill
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said, “Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
You’re the dirty hack that shot your woman down”

Said, “Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee
If you’ve got a warrant just read it to me
Shot her down because she made me slow
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 a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read in the first degree
I hollered, “Lordy, Lordy have 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

Prevod na srpski

Kokainski bluz

Jednog jutra rano dok sam okolo išao
Ušmrkao sam kokain i svoju ženu ubio
Pravo kući i u krevet sam otišao
Tu ljubljenu 44-ku pod glavu sebi stavio

Narednog jutra sam ustao i taj pištolj zgrabio
Ušmrkao kokain i u beg krenuo
Jurio sam ali ja trčim presporo
Prestigli su me dole u Huarezu, Meksiko

Kasno u bajbukani, pilulu gutajući
Ušao je šerif iz Džeriko Hila
Rekao je, “Vili Li, ti se ne zoveš Džek Braun
Ti si ono prljavo kljuse što je svoju ženu ubio”

Rekoh, “Da, oh da, ja se zovem Vili Li
Ako imate nalog, samo pročitajte ga mi
Ubio sam je jer od mene budalu je pravila
Mislio sam da je moja ali još ih je pet imala”

Kada sam uhapšen bio sam obučen u crno
Na voz su me strpali i nazad poslali
Nisam imao nijednog druga da kauciju mi plati
Prebili su moje sasušeno telo u tom okružnom zatvoru

Rano narednog jutra, oko pola deset
Ugledao sam šerifa kako stiže
Ah, i on je kašljao pročišćavaći grlo
Rekao je hajde ti prljavo kljuse polazi u okružni sud

U sudnicu, suđenje moje je počelo
Bio sam u rukama dvanaest ljudi poštenih
Neposredno pre nego što ta porota je krenula
Video sam da mali sudija nešto oko sebe gleda

Za nekih pet minuta ušao je neki čovek
U svojoj desnoj ruci držeći presudu
Presuda je glasila prvostepeno
Ja sam uzviknuo, “Imaj milosti Bogo, Bogo”

Sudija se smeškao dok je penkalu uzimao
U Folsom ustanovi 99 godina
99 godina ispod tog tla
Ne mogu da zaboravim dan kada sam tu ku*ku ubio

Hajde, poslušati me moraš
Otkači se tog viskija, ostavi se tog kokaina