I was walkin' down the street, mindin' my own affair
When two policemen grabbed me, unaware
He says "Is your name Henry?" I says "Why sure"
He says "You the boy I bin lookin' for"
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
They took him in the line up and let those bright lights shine,
There was ten poor souls like me in that line
I knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan
When a stool pigeon walked in and says "That's your man"
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
Well, the prosecutin' attorney started a'prosecutin' me
Man, that cat didn't give me the one, but the third degree
He says "Where were you on the night of July 1953?"
"Man I was just home just a tweedly-dee"
I was framed oh framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed,
Well I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed, Oh framed