I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (Mono Version)

I was born in macon, georgia, met my dad in a macon jail

He said, "son, if you keep your hands clean

You won't have them bloodhounds on your trail"

I fell in with bad companions, robbed a man in tennessee

Sheriff caught me way up in nashville

And they locked me up and they threw away the key

Refrain:

I washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands but they didn't come clean

Tried to do what my daddy told me

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

I asked the jailer when my time's up, he said, "son, we won't forget

If you try to keep your hands clean

We may make a good man of you yet."

I couldn't wait to do my sentence, I broke out of the nashville jail

I just crossed the line of georgia

And I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail

Refrain (2 times)