I looked 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 reeling on a steel rail rack
They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
I Ain't living long like this
Grew up in Houston off the wayside drive
Son of a carhop in some all night dive
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 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
I live with 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
They got em all in the jailhouse baby
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this can i baby