I looked for trouble and I found it son Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun I tried to run but I don't think I can You make one move and you're a dead man friend Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this can I baby He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back And left me reeling on a steel rail rack They got'em all in the jailhouse baby I Ain't living long like this Grew up in Houston off the wayside drive Son of a carhop in some all night dive Dad drove a stock car to an early death All I remember was a drunk man's breath Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this can I baby We know the story how the wheel goes 'round Don't let them take you to the man downtown They got em all in the jailhouse baby Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this can i baby SOLO I live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen Makes 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 living long like this Can't live at all like this can I baby You know the story about the jailhouse rock Go on and do it but just don't get caught They got em all in the jailhouse baby Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this can i baby Ain't living long like this and fade out