My name is Stagger Lee
and I'm walking through the ice and snow
and my girl threw me out last week
and I'm f___ing broke
nothing but the starter in my pocket and my Colt .45
don't look at me the wrong way
'cause I got nothin' to lose tonight

Walk into JD's and put a dollar down
turn the dollar into a few
I start drinkin' and I turn around
'cause I feel a pair of eyes burning into the back of my neck
and he's whisperin' to the barkeep
the God-d___ed fool won't stop staring at me
so I shoot up from my seat and press the cold steel to his head
and said "don't you know who the f___ I am?"

he said "Stagger Lee"
"please don't take my life"
"I've got a kid back home and I've got a wife"
he said "please Stagger, please"
"I'm a friend, not a foe"
"but your girl's with Billy at the Flamingo"
"I just thought you should know"

I pistol-whip him in the teeth and walk outside
steal the first fast car I see
and as my blood starts to boil I start to take a little ride
I leave the car running
pull down the brim of my black Stetson hat
I look around and I see no witness
one last drink from my silver flask

I kick open the door
see the bodies inter-twined
see the fear in their eyes
I pull my Colt .45
and I feel divine
whoaaaa!

Stagger Lee
you're a bad, bad man
Oh, Stagger Lee
you're going straight to hell

Stagger Lee (Stagger Lee)
you're a bad, bad man
Oh, Stagger Lee
you're going straight to hell

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