Stagger Lee Lyrics - Murder Ballads - Nick Cave

It was back in '32 when times were hard 

He had a Colt forty-five and a deck of cards 

Stagger Lee 

He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat 

Had a '28 Ford, had payments on that 

Stagger Lee 

His woman threw him out in the ice and snow 

And told him, "Never ever come back no more." 

Stagger Lee 

So he walked through the rain, and he walked through the mud 

Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood 

Stagger Lee 

He said "Mr. Motherfucker, you know who I am?" 

The barkeeper said, "No, and I don't give a good goddamn." 

To Stagger Lee 

He said, "Well, bartender, it's plain to see 

I'm that bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee." 

Mr. Stagger Lee 

Barkeep said, "Yeah, I've heard your name down the way 

And I kick motherfucking asses like you every day." 

Mr Stagger Lee 

Well, those were the last words that the barkeep said 

'Cause Stag put four holes in his motherfucking head 

Just then in came a broad called Nellie Brown 

Was known to make more money than any bitch in town 

She struts across the bar, hitching up her skirt 

Over to Stagger Lee, she starts to flirt 

With Stagger Lee 

She saw the barkeep, said, "O God, he can't be dead!" 

Stag said, "Well, just count the holes in the motherfucker's head." 

She said, "You ain't look like you scored in quite a time. 

Why not come to my pad? It won't cost you a dime." 

Mr. Stagger Lee 

"But there's something I have to say before you begin 

You'll have to be gone before my man Billy Dilly comes in, 

Mr. Stagger Lee." 

"I'll stay here till Billy comes in, till time comes to pass 

And furthermore I'll fuck Billy in his motherfucking ass." 

Said Stagger Lee 

"I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know? 

And I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get one fat boy's asshole," 

Said Stagger Lee 

Just then Billy Dilly rolls in and he says, "You must be 

That bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee." 

Stagger Lee 

"Yeah, I'm Stagger Lee, and you better get down on your knees 

And suck my dick because if you don't, you're gonna be dead," 

Said Stagger Lee 

Billy dropped down and slobbered on his head 

And Stag filled him full of lead 

Oh yeah