Some people say it was cocaine
And some people say it was gin
But I know the name of the bothersome dude
Who did my brother in
They put the last clean shirt
On my brother Bill
They put the last clean shirt
On my brother Bill
You know they found him in the back seat
Of an old abandoned Ford
When I touched the hand of my brother Bill
It was as stiff as a running board
They put the last clean shirt
On my brother Bill
They put the last clean shirt
On my brother Bill
Preacher says he’s gone
Gone to a better world
He’s through with his last fight, man
He went on lovin' on his last girl
They put the last clean shirt
On my brother Bill
They put the last clean shirt
On my brother Bill
They put the last clean shirt
On my brother Bill
That’s all the family had left
All left in his will
Well, there’s one clean shirt
Last clean shirt
They put it on my brother
When they laid him down
As a king in the ground
Last clean shirt