i ain't living long like this

you looked for trouble and you found it

son

straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun

you'd try to run

but you don't think you can

you make one move and you're 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 he left me freezing on a steel rail track

they got 'em all in the jailhouse

ain't they

baby

i ain't living long like this

grew up in houston

off of wayside drive

son of a car hop in some all 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

can't sleep at all in the jailhouse

baby

i ain't living long like this

you live for angel

she's a roadhouse queen

make texas ruby look like sandra dee

you want to love her but you don't know how

you're 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

you 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

ain't they

baby

i ain't living long like this