Lyrics Modern Life Is War

Modern Life Is War

Stagger Lee

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