Emmylou Harris I Ain`t Living Long Like This Lyrics

I Ain`t Living Long Like This Lyrics

I Ain`t Living Long Like This

Rodney Crowell
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 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 he left me freezing on a steel rail track 
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 car hop in some all 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
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 

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