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Waylon Jennings - I Ain't Living Long Like This - Live 1980
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Chris Stapleton
Chris Stapleton
Performer
Don Was
Don Was
Bass
Buddy Miller
Buddy Miller
Guitar
Patrick Buchanan
Patrick Buchanan
Guitar
Robby Turner
Robby Turner
Steel Guitar
Raymond Weber
Raymond Weber
Drums
Richie Albright
Richie Albright
Drums
Matthew Charles Rollings
Matthew Charles Rollings
Keyboards
Mickey Raphael
Mickey Raphael
Harmonica
Kari Kimmel
Kari Kimmel
Background Vocals
Carmel Echols
Carmel Echols
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Keith Wortman
Keith Wortman
Executive Producer
Mark Rothbaum
Mark Rothbaum
Executive Producer
Freddy Fletcher
Freddy Fletcher
Executive Producer
Jessi Colter
Jessi Colter
Executive Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I look for trouble and I found it, son
Straight down the barrel of a law man's gun
I tried to run but I don't think I can
You make one move and you're a dead man, friend
I ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this, can I baby?
[Verse 2]
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
And left me reeling on a steel reel rack
They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this, can I baby?
[Verse 3]
Grew up in Houston off the wayside drive
Son of a carhop and some all night dives
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
Can't live at all like this, can I baby?
[Verse 4]
You know the story how the wheel goes around
Don't let 'em take you to the man downtown
Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse, baby
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this, can I baby?
[Verse 5]
I live with Angel, she's a roadhouse queen
Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but I don't know how
I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now
Can't live at all like this
Can't live at all like this, can I baby?
[Verse 6]
You know the story about the jailhouse rock
Don't want to do it but just don't get caught
They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this, can I baby?
Written by: Rodney Crowell

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