against th' law

it's against th' law to walk

against th' law to talk

against th' law to loaf

against th' law to work

against th' law to read

against th' law to write

against th' law to be a black

a brown or white

everything's against th' law

i'm a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues

it's against th' law to eat

against th' law to drink

against th' law to worry

against th' law to think

against th' law to marry or try to settle down

against th' law to ramble like a bum from town to town

everything's against th' law

i'm a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues

it's against th' law to come

against th' law to go

against th' law to ride

against th' law to roll

against th' law to hug and against th' law to kiss

against th' law to shoot

against th' law to miss

everything's against th' law

i'm a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues

it's against th' law to gamble

against th' law to roam

against th' law to organize or try to build a home

against th' law to sing

against th' law to dance

against th' law to tell y'all the trouble on my hands

everything in winston-salem is against th' law

i'm a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues

everything in winston-salem is against th' law

i'm a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues