Lyric I Ain t Living Long Like This

I Ain t Living Long Like This

Rodney Crowell
You looked for trouble and you found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman s gun
You d try to run but you don t think you can
You make one move and you re dead man, friend

I ain t living long like this
I can t live at all like this, can I baby
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
Then he left me freezing on a steel rail track
They got em all in the jailhouse, ain t they baby
I ain t living long like this

Grew up in Houston off of Wayside drive
Son of a car hop in some all night dive
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man s breath

I ain t living long like this
I can t live at all like this can I baby
We know the story how the wheel goes round
Don t let em take you to the man downtown
Can t sleep at all in the jailhouse, baby
I ain t living long like this

You live for angel, she s a roadhouse queen
Make Texas ruby look like Sandra Dee
You want to love her but you don t know how
You re at the bottom of the jailhouse now

I ain t living long like this
I can t live at all like this, can I baby
You know the story bout the jailhouse rock
Go on and do it, but just don t get caught
They got em all in the jailhouse, ain t they baby
I ain t living long like this