Dr. John - Stakalee lyrics

Back in the game there was a scrimping pimping man with a money making stable Whenever he played cards or shot craps He left his money at the table He was a bad luck s**er they called him Stakalee He stole his money making who*es, from a cat man sack of dollars Put a straight razor to his throat He wouldn't let him scream or holler Living in a pile of blood, that k**ed Stakalee Billy Lyons was a gambling man, also Stak until late night games Billy showed a straight, Stak threw a (?) Stak said you're pulling cards out of nowhere He shot Billy Lyons, that cold blooded Stakalee Billy went and called the police But somebody ran him out (?) player or some stupid hustler where Billy shot Somebody dropped it down on that (?) Stakalee The Police cornered Stak They dropped him with their Forty Four Left a trail of blood behind him, off the central like a big O And while he was bleeding, they shackled Stakalee Stak told I went to raise some money Like somebody is supposed to be She said there ain't a trick that I wouldn't turn, to get my Stakalee out of Jail She sold her heart and soul out for her lover Stakalee Stak had a self made name to (?) The cat Stak (?) in a bag Free said stak you better watch your back Stak turned in his (?) to say He should have known better than to mess with me, I'm Stakalee When the judge heard what Stak had done He k**ed a man cold dead in a (?) Looked up to heaven and said, The only place fit for you is Hell There will be no reprieve for you get too dangerous, Stakalee When they finally head to gallows Stak held his head up high Throw a (?) behind him as fast as he died Such a mean mean s**er that gritty old Stakalee I told you all my little story I sang you all my little song 'Bout all these desperate characters Now they're all dead and gone (?) that k**er Stakalee