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“I Ain’t Living Long Like This” - Live at Floore’s
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Jonathan Terrell
Jonathan Terrell
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Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell
Songwriter

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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
Ain\'t living long like this
Can\'t live at all like this, can I baby?
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?
Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives
Son of a man at some all night dives
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man\'s breath
Ain\'t living long like this
Can\'t live at all like this, can I baby?
You know the story how the wheel goes \'round?
Don\'t let them 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?
I live with Ruby she\'s a roadhouse queen
Makes Sandra Bullock look like Summer Dean
I want to love her but I don\'t know how
You got me livin\' in the jailhouse now
Ain\'t living long like this
Can\'t live at all like this, can I baby?
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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