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************** I AIN T LIVING LONG LIKE THIS *************
written by Rodney Crowell
performed by Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
I look for trouble and i found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman s gun
I tried to run but i don t think i can
You make one move and you re a dead man friend
Ain t living long like this
Can t live at all like this,can i baby?
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
And left me reeling on a steel reel rack
They got em all in the jailhouse baby
Ain t living long like this
Can t live at all like this,can i baby?
Verse 2:
Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives
Son of a carhop and some all night dives
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All i remember was a drunk man s breath
Ain t living long like this
Can t live at all like this,can i baby?
You know the story how the wheel goes round
Don t let them take you to the man down town
Can t sleep at all in a jailhouse baby
Ain t living long like this
Can t live at all like this,can i baby?
Verse 3:
I live with Angel she s a roadhouse queen
Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but i don t know how
I m at the bottom in the jailhouse now
Ain t living long like this
Can t live at all like this,can i baby?
You know the story about the jailhouse rock
Don t want to do it but just don t get caught
They got em all in the jailhouse baby
Ain t living long like this
Can t live at all like this,can i baby?
Thanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir :
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