Viola Lee Blues Lyrics - Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead

The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it. 

Clerk he wrote it down indeed-e 

Judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it down 

Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound 

Some got six month some got one solid. 

Some got one solid year indeed-e 

Some got six month some got one solid. 

But me and my buddies all got lifetime here 

I wrote a letter I mailed in the air 

Mailed it on the air indeed-e 

I wrote a letter I mailed in the air. 

You may know by that I've got a friend somewhere