I look for trouble
And I found it, son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman'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
Can't live at all like this
Can I baby?
He slipped the handcuffs
On behind my back
And left me freezing on a steel reel rack
They got'em all in the jailhouse
Don't they, baby?
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this
Can I baby?
Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives
Son of a carhop and an all night dives
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember is a drunk man's breath
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this
Can I baby?
We know the story how the wheel goes 'round
Don't let them take you to the man down town
Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse
Can I baby?
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this
Can I 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
Can't live at all like this
Can I baby?
You know the story about the jailhouse rock
Don't want to do it
Just don't get caught
They got'em all in the jailhouse
Don't they, baby?
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this
Can I baby?