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 a 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 left me freezin' on a steelrail truck 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 carhop in some old 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 Oh, 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. Can't living long like this, can I baby? 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. Can't living long like this can I baby Can't living long like this.