(rodney crowell)

I looked for trouble and found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
I'd try to run but I don't think I can
If I move I'm a dead man

Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby
He slipped the cuffs on behind my back
Then left me freezing on a steel rail rack
They got Ў®em all in the jailhouse don't they baby
I ain't livin' long like this
Can't live at all like this can I baby

Grew up in houston off a wayside drive
Son of a carhop in an all-night dive
He drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember is a drunk man's breath
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby

We know the story how the wheel goes Ў®round
Don't let Ў®em take you to the man downtown
I can't sleep at all in the jailhouse can I baby
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby

I live for angel she's the roadhouse queen
Make texas ruby look like sandra dee
I want to love her but I don't know how
I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby

You know the story Ў®bout the jailhouse rock
Go on and do it just don't get caught
They got Ў®em all in the jailhouse don't they baby
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby

Ain't livin' long like this
I swear I can't live at all like this can I baby
Oh baby
Take it home for me
Ain't livin' long like this am I baby

• A Side of Me
• Ain't Done Nothin' Wrong
• Ain't Livin' Long Like This
• Grow Young With You
• How Cool is That
• I Don't Know a Thing
• I Miss You The Most
• I'll Go Crazy
• She's More
• Shine on Me
• Waitin' on Sundown
• You Made Me That Way