I Ain't Living Long Like This

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

You make one move and you're a dead man, friend

Ain't livin' long like this

Can't live at all like this, can I baby

He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back

Then left me freezin' on a steel rail truck

You got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby

Ain't livin' long like this

Ain't livin' long like this, am I baby

Grew up in Houston off of wayside drive

Son of a carhop in some old night dive

Dad drove a stock car to an early death

All I remember was a drunk man's breathe

Ain't livin' long like this

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

Ain't livin' long like this

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 wanna love her but I don't know how

I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now

Ain't livin' long like this

Can't live at all like this, can I, baby?

You know the story 'bout the jailhouse rock

Don't wanna do it but just don't get caught

They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby

Ain't livin' long like this

Can't live at all like this, can I, baby?