I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hold
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
Chorus:
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here
Chorus:
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
Me hiero a mí mismo hoy
para ver si aún siento,
me concentro en el dolor
la única cosa que es real.
La aguja perfora un orificio,
el viejo pinchazo familiar
trata de matarlo todo
pero yo recuerdo todas las cosas.
¿En qué me he convertido?
Mi más dulce amigo,
cada persona que conozco
se aleja al final.
Pudiste tener todo
mi imperio de impureza,
te defraudaré
y te lastimaré.
Uso mi corona de mierda
en mi trono de embustero
lleno de pensamientos rotos
que no puedo reparar.
Bajo la mancha del tiempo
el sentimiento desaparece,
eres alguien más
y yo aún estoy aquí.
¿En qué me he convertido?
Mi más dulce amigo,
cada persona que conozco
se aleja al final.
Pudiste tener todo
mi imperio de impureza,
te defraudaré
y te lastimaré.
Si pudiera empezar nuevamente
a un millón de millas de aquí
me conservaría a mí mismo…
encontraría un camino…
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 ran too slow
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
Late in the hot joints takin' the pills
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down
Said yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee
If you've got the warrant just a-read it to me
Shot her down because she made me sore
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 the man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read murder in the first degree
I hollered Lawdy Lawdy, have a 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