^AI looked for trouble and I found it son Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun ^AI tried to run but I don't think I can ^AYou make one move and you're a dead man friend Ain't living ^Dlong like this Can't live at ^Aall like this can I baby ^EHe slipped the handcuffs on behind my back

And left me reeling on a steel rail rack

They got'em ^Dall in the jailhouse baby I Ain't living l^Aong like this ^AGrew up in Houston off the wayside drive

Son of a carhop in some all night dive Dad drove a stock car to an early death All I remember was a drunk man's breath

Ain't living lo^Dng like this Can't live at ^Aall like this can I baby W^Ee know the story how the wheel goes 'round

Don't let them take you to the man downtown

They got em ^Dall in the jailhouse baby Ain't living ^Along like this

Can't live at all like this can i baby SOLO

^AI live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen ^AMakes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee ^AI want to love her but I don't know how

I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now

Ain't living ^Dlong like this Can't live at ^Aall like this can I baby ^EYou know the story about the jailhouse rock

Go on and do it but just don't get caught

They got em all^D in the jailhouse baby Ain't living ^Along like this

Can't live at all like this can i baby Ain't living long like this D A D A D A and fade out

Waylon Jennings - Aint living long like this