Dave Dudley Week In A Country Jail Lyrics

Week In A Country Jail Lyrics

One time I spent a week inside a little country jail I don't guess I'll ever
live it down



I was sittin' at red light when these two men come and got me



And said that I was speedin' through their town



They said tomorrow morning you can see the judge then go



They let me call one person on the phone



I thought I'd be there over night so I'd just call my boss



To tell him I'd be off but not for long



They motioned me inside the cell with seven other guys



One little barredup window in the rear



My cellmate said if they had let me bring some money in



We ought to send the jailer for some beer



We had to pay him double cause he was the man in charge



And the jailer's job was not the best in town



Later on his wife brought hot bologna eggs and gravy



The first day I was there I turned it down



Next morning they'd just let us sleep but I was up real early



Wonderin' when I get my release



Later on we got more hot bologna eggs and gravy



By now I wasn't quite so hard to please



Two days later when I thought that I had been forgotten



The sheriff came in chewing on the straw



He said where is this guy who thinks that this is Indianapolis



I'd like to talk to him about the law



Well I told him who I was and told him I was working steady



And I really should be a gettin' on my way



That part about me being who I was did not impress him



He said the judge will be here any day



The jailer had his wife and let me tell you she was awful



But she brought that hot bologna every day



And after seven days she got to looking so much better



I asked her if she'd like to run away



Next morning that old judge took every nickel that I had



He said son let this teach you not to race



The jailer's wife was smiling from the window as I left



In thirty minutes I was out of state