(Rodney Crowell)
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I looked for trouble and found it son
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Straight down the barrel of a lawman¡¯s gun
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I¡¯d try to run but I don¡¯t think I can
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If I move I¡¯m a dead man
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Ain¡¯t livin¡¯ long like this
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I can¡¯t live at all like this can I baby
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He slipped the cuffs on behind my back
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Then left me freezing on a steel rail rack
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They got ¡®em all in the jailhouse don¡¯t they baby
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I ain¡¯t livin¡¯ long like this
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Can¡¯t live at all like this can I baby
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Grew up in Houston off a wayside drive
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Son of a carhop in an all-night dive
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He drove a stock car to an early death
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All I remember is a drunk man¡¯s breath
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Ain¡¯t livin¡¯ long like this
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I can¡¯t live at all like this can I baby
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We know the story how the wheel goes ¡®round
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Don¡¯t let ¡®em take you to the man downtown
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I can¡¯t sleep at all in the jailhouse can I baby
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Ain¡¯t livin¡¯ long like this
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I can¡¯t live at all like this can I baby
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I live for Angel she¡¯s the roadhouse queen
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Make Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
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I want to love her but I don¡¯t know how
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I¡¯m at the bottom of the jailhouse now
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Ain¡¯t livin¡¯ long like this
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I can¡¯t live at all like this can I baby
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You know the story ¡®bout the jailhouse rock
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Go on and do it just don¡¯t get caught
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They got ¡®em all in the jailhouse don¡¯t they baby
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Ain¡¯t livin¡¯ long like this
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I can¡¯t live at all like this can I baby
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Ain¡¯t livin¡¯ long like this
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I swear I can¡¯t live at all like this can I baby
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Oh baby
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Take it home for me
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Ain¡¯t livin¡¯ long like this am I baby
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Ain't Livin' Long Like This
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Andy Griggs |