Ain't Living Long Like This

I looked 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

Ain't living long like this, and my baby

He stuck the handcuffs 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

Ain't living long like this, and my baby

Grew up in Texas on 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

Ain't living long like this

Ain't living long like this, and my baby

You know the story how the wheel goes round

Don't let them take you to the man downtown

They got em all in the jailhouse baby

Ain't living long like this

Ain't living long like this, and my baby

I live for 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 of the jailhouse now

Ain't living long like this

Ain't living long like this, and my baby

You know the story of the jailhouse rock

You wanna do it but just don't get caught

They got em all in the jailhouse baby

Ain't living long like this

Ain't living long like this, and my baby