It was back in '32 when times were hard
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He had a Colt.45 and a deck of cards
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Stagger Lee
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He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat
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Had a '28 Ford, had payments on that
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Stagger Lee
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His woman threw him out in the ice and snow
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And told him, "Never ever come back no more"
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Stagger Lee
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So he walked through the rain and he walked through the mud
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Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood
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Stagger Lee
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He said "Mr Motherfucker, you know who I am"
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The barkeeper said, "No, and I don't give a good goddamn"
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To Stagger Lee
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He said, "Well bartender, it's plain to see
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I'm that bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee"
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Mr. Stagger Lee
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Barkeep said, "Yeah, I've heard your name down the way
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And I kick motherfucking asses like you every day"
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Mr Stagger Lee
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Well those were the last words that the barkeep said
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'Cause Stag put four holes in his motherfucking head
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Just then in came a broad called Nellie Brown
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Was known to make more money than any bitch in town
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She struts across the bar, hitching up her skirt
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Over to Stagger Lee, she starts to flirt
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With Stagger Lee
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She saw the barkeep, said, "O God, he can't be dead!"
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Stag said, "Well, just count the holes in the motherfucker's head"
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She said, "You ain't look like you scored in quite a time.
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Why not come to my pad? It won't cost you a dime"
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Mr. Stagger Lee
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"But there's something I have to say before you begin
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You'll have to be gone before my man Billy Dilly comes in,
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Mr. Stagger Lee"
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"I'll stay here till Billy comes in, till time comes to pass
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And furthermore I'll fuck Billy in his motherfucking ass"
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Said Stagger Lee
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"I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know
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And I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get one fat boy's asshole"
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Said Stagger Lee
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Just then Billy Dilly rolls in and he says, "You must be
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That bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee"
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Stagger Lee
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"Yeah, I'm Stagger Lee and you better get down on your knees
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And suck my dick, because If you don't you're gonna be dead"
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Said Stagger Lee
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Billy dropped down and slobbered on his head
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And Stag filled him full of lead
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Oh yeah.
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Stagger Lee
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