Stagger Lee

Song Stagger Lee
Artist Lloyd Price
Album Nowhere Boy (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture)

Lyrics

[00:00.65] The night was clear
[00:03.88] And the moon was yellow
[00:07.74] And the leaves came tumbling down
[00:14.34] I was standing on the corner
[00:17.72] When I heard my bulldog bark
[00:21.39] He was barking at the two men who were gambling in the dark
[00:28.39] It was Stagger Lee and Billy
[00:31.99] Two men who gambled late
[00:35.30] Stagger Lee threw 7
[00:37.16] Billy swore that he threw 8
[00:42.42] Stagger Lee told Billy,
[00:45.68] "I can't let you go with that.
[00:49.13] You have won all my money
[00:50.85] And my brand new Stetson hat."
[00:56.39] Stagger Lee went home
[00:59.62] And he got his 44
[01:02.96] Said, I'm goin' to the barroom
[01:04.85] Just to pay that debt I owe
[01:08.73] Go Stagger Lee
[01:10.31][Instrumental Interlude]
[01:23.79] Stagger Lee went to the barroom
[01:26.69] And he stood across the barroom door
[01:29.95] He said, nobody move
[01:31.56] And he pulled his 44
[01:36.83] Stagger Lee, cried Billy
[01:40.13] Oh, please don't take my life
[01:43.42] I've got three little children
[01:45.17] And a very sickly wife
[01:50.41] Stagger Lee shot Billy
[01:53.75] Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad
[01:57.08] Till the bullet came through Billy
[01:59.04] And it broke the bartender's glass
[02:08.22]