I Ain't Living Long Like This lyrics

You looked for trouble and you found it, son

Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun

You'd try to run but I don't think you can

You make one move and you're a dead man, friend

Ain't living long like this

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

He slipped the handcuffs on behind your back

Left you freezing on a steel rail rack

They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby

Ain't living long like this

Grew up in Houston off of Wayside drive

Son of a carhop in some all night dive

Dad drove a stock car to an early death

All you remember was a drunk man's breath

Ain't living long like this

Oh, 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

Ain't living long like this

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

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

Ain't living long like this

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

Ain't living long in the jailhouse, baby, yes I

Ain't living long like this

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

Can't live at all like this