(rodney crowell)



I looked for trouble and found it son

Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun

I'd try to run but i don't think i can

If i move i'm a dead man



Ain't livin' long like this

I can't live at all like this can i baby

He slipped the cuffs on behind my back

Then left me freezing on a steel rail rack

They got ¡®em all in the jailhouse don't they baby

I ain't livin' long like this

Can't live at all like this can i baby



Grew up in houston off a wayside drive

Son of a carhop in an all-night dive

He drove a stock car to an early death

All i remember is a drunk man's breath

Ain't livin' 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

I can't sleep at all in the jailhouse can i baby

Ain't livin' long like this

I can't live at all like this can i baby



I live for angel she's the roadhouse queen

Make texas ruby look like sandra dee

I want to love her but i don't know how

I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now

Ain't livin' 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 just don't get caught

They got ¡®em all in the jailhouse don't they baby

Ain't livin' long like this

I can't live at all like this can i baby



Ain't livin' long like this

I swear i can't live at all like this can i baby

Oh baby

Take it home for me

Ain't livin' long like this am i baby


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