Now they put me in this jailhouse, twenty long years today, And it's drivin' me crazy, I've got thirty more years to stay. The jailhouse, boy 's a lonesome place. Especially when that turnkey, slams the door in your face. Now they set me up for blackmail, and I can't even sign my name. Some dirty rat pulled this job, and I've got ta bare the blame. I even killed my last dolla', the doors was a beggin' hand, Then bad luck passed all the crooks and I had ta, be that fallin' man. Boys I been laying in this death cell, writin' my time upside the wall. When I had plenty of money I had friends, now I'm in trouble, ain't got a friend at all. Boys, it's a pity, but I sure can't understand. They said the judge is for justice, and still he framed an innocent man. I was put in this cell, twenty long years ago. Some poor men lives their time out, and some never lives to go.