It was back in '32 when times were hard.
He had a Colt '45 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

And his woman threw him out in the ice and snow
And told him, 'Never [bad word] 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. [bad word]  do you know who I am?',
And the barkeeper said, 'No, and I don't give a good [bad word] ',
To Stagger Lee

He said, 'Well bartender, it's plain to see,
I'm that bad [bad word] called Stagger Lee,
Mr. Stagger Lee!'

Barkeep said, 'Yeah, I've heard your name down the way
And I kick [bad word] 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 [bad word] head.

Just then in came a broad called Nellie Brown,
Was known to make more money than any [bad word] in town.

That she [bad word] across the bar, hitching up her skirt
Over to Stagger Lee, she starts to flirt
With Stagger Lee

She saw the barkeep, said, 'Oh God, he can't be dead!'
Stag said, 'Well, just count the holes in the [bad word] s head!'

She said, 'You ain't look like you scored in quite a time.
Why [bad word] 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 [bad word] in,
Mr. Stagger Lee'

'I'll stay here till [bad word] in, till [bad word] to pass
And furthermore I'll [bad word] Billy in his [bad word] [bad word] ,
Said Stagger Lee

'I'm a bad [bad word]  don't you know?
And I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get one fat boy's [bad word] ,
Said Stagger Lee

Just then Billy Dilly rolls in and he says, 'You must be
That bad [bad word] called Stagger Lee',
Yeah, I'm Stagger Lee

'Yeah, I'm Stagger Lee and you better get down on your knees
And suck my [bad word]  because if you don't you're gonna be dead',
Said Stagger Lee

Oh well, Billy Dilly dropped down and slobbered on his head
And Stag filled him full of lead,
Oh yeah.