Lyric Cincinnati Jail

(Mel Tillis)

It s cold as a well in Cincinnati jail
I ain t got nobody, I ain t got nobody.

Shouldn t have drunk that wine it messed up my country mind
But I didn t know that pretty gal wasn t free, not free
And someone called the law and I had a southern drawl
The first one they locked up, you re right was me.

Now it s cold as a well in Cincinnati jail
I ain t got nobody, I ain t got nobody.

I heard a lot about that great mid western town
So I thought I d better go and look around look around
Couldn t find me no job and my kind just don t rob
But they don t want no southern bums around.

And it s cold as well in Cincinnati jail
I ain t got nobody, I ain t got nobody.

Lord, an Appalachian boy ain t never known much joy
But I was better off in my Blueridge Mountain home sweet home
I could see the light of day I could while the time away
On the mornin the government gave me to live on.

Oh, it s cold as well in Cincinnati jail
I ain t got nobody, I ain t got nobody...