Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest

They were the best of friends

So when Frankie Lee needed money one day

Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens

And placed them on a footstool

Just above the plotted plain

Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy

My loss will be your gain"



Well, Frankie Lee, he sat right down

And put his fingers to his chin

But with the cold eyes of Judas on him

His head began to spin

"Would ya please not stare at me like that," he said

"It's just my foolish pride

But sometimes a man must be alone

And this is no place to hide"



Well, Judas, he just winked and said

"All right, I'll leave you here

But you'd better hurry up and choose

Which of those bills you want

Before they all disappear"

"I'm gonna start my pickin' right now

Just tell me where you'll be"



Judas pointed down the road

And said, "Eternity"

"Eternity?" said Frankie Lee

With a voice as cold as ice

"That's right," said Judas Priest, "Eternity

Though you might call it 'Paradise'"



"I don't call it anything"

Said Frankie Lee with a smile

"All right," said Judas Priest

"I'll see you after a while"



Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down

Feelin' low and mean

When just then a passing stranger

Burst upon the scene

Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler

Whose father is deceased?

Well, if you are

There's a fellow callin' you down the road

And they say his name is Priest"



"Oh, yes, he is my friend"

Said Frankie Lee in fright

"I do recall him very well

In fact, he just left my sight"

"Yes, that's the one," said the stranger

As quiet as a mouse

"Well, m