i ain't living long like this



Rodney crowell

You looked for trouble and you found it son

Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun

You'd try to run but you don't think you can

You 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 he left me freezing on a steel rail track

They got 'em all in the jailhouse, ain't they baby

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

We know the story how the wheel goes round

Don't let 'em take you to the man downtown

Can't sleep at all in the jailhouse, baby

I ain't living long like this



You live for angel, she's a roadhouse queen

Make texas ruby look like sandra dee

You want to love her but you don't know how

You're at 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, ain't they baby

I ain't living long like this


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