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 fucking broke



Only got a starter in my pocket and my colt.45

Don't look at me the wrong cause I got nothing 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-damned 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 fuck 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,

And 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

Whoa!



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