I Ain't Living Long Like This
Composer(s): Rodney Crowell
First release by: Rodney Crowell - 1978
Covered by multiple other artists



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