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

I ain't living long like this

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

He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back

Then left me freezing on a steel rail rack

I can't sleep at all in this jailhouse, baby

I ain't living long like this

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 breath

I ain't living 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

They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby

I ain't living long like this

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

I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now

I ain't living long like this

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

Y'all know the story 'bout the jailhouse rock

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

They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby

I ain't living long like this

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