Lyric I Have To Do My Time (1930)

Now I understand, why so many own happy homes today.
Now I understand, why so many own happy homes today.
These devils commit these crimes, then a good person s got to pay.

I ve got twenty-five years in this hell, the doors slammin night and day.
I ve got twenty-five years in this hell, the doors slammin night and day.
And they always comin , and no one goin away.

Mmm, this jail is a lonesome place.
Mmm, the jailhouse is a lonesome place.
It almost killed me, when these doors slammed in my face.

I ve only been here one week, and it seems like a year and a day.
I ve only been here one week, and it seems like a year and a day.
It almost drives me crazy, to think how much longer I ve got to stay.

My baby said, “Mmm, Judge, how much time did you give my man?
Mmm, how much time did you give my man?”
He says, “Only twenty-five years, I tried to be light as I can.”

The judge, he said I was guilty, and he couldn t explain.
The judge say I was guilty, and he couldn t explain.
Charged me with forgery and I can t even sign my name.