Stack a Lee - Bob Dylan
Hawlin Alley on a dark and drizzly night
Billy Lyons and Stack-A-Lee had one terrible fight
All about that John B Stetson Hat
Stack-A-Lee walked to the bar-room
And he called for a glass of beer
Turned around to Billy Lyons said
"What are you doin' here"
"Waitin' for a train to please bring my woman home
"Stack-A-Lee oh Stack-A-Lee
Please don't take my life
Got three little children and a-weepin' lovin' wife
You're a bad man bad man Stack-A-Lee"
"God bless your children and I'll take care of your wife
You stole my John B
Now I'm bound to take your life"
All about that John B Stetson Hat
Stack-A-Lee turned to Billy Lyons and he shot him right through the head
Only taking one shot to kill Billy Lyons dead
All about that John B Stetson Hat
Sent for the doctor well the doctor he did come
Just pointed out Stack-A-Lee said"Now what have you done"
You're a bad man bad man Stack-A-Lee"
Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack
Taking him to the cemetery
Buy they failed to bring him back
All about that John B Stetson Hat
Hawlin Alley thought I heard the bulldogs bark
It must have been old Stack-A-Lee stumbling in the dark
He's a bad man gonna land him right back in jail
High police walked on to Stack-A-Lee
He was lying fast asleep
High police catched Stack-A-Lee and he jumped forty feet
He's a bad man gonna land him right back in jail
Well they got old Stack-A-Lee and they led him right back in jail
Couldn't get a man around to go Stack-A Lee's bail
All about that John B Stetson Hat
Stack-A-Lee turned to the jailer
He said"Jailer I can't sleep
'Round my bedside Billy Lyons began to creep"
All about that John B Stetson Hat
