I looked for trouble and I found it son Straight
down the barrel of a lawman's gun
I’d try to run but I don't think I can make one move
and you're dead man, friend
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
Then left me freezing on a steel rail track
They got 'em all in the jailhouse,
I ain't living long like this
Grew up in Houston off of Wayside drive
Son of a car hop in some all night dive
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man's breath
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby
Y’all know the story how the wheel goes round
Don't let 'em take you to the man downtown
They got ‘em all in the jailhouse, baby
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby
I live for angel, she's a roadhouse queen
Make Texas ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but I don't know how
Down on the bottom of the jailhouse now
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby
You know the story 'bout the jailhouse rock
Go on and do it, but just don't get caught
They got 'em all in the jailhouse,
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby
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