I looked for trouble and I found it son   Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun   I'd try to run but I don't think I can   If I move I'm a dead man      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 freezing on a steel rail rack   They got 'em all in the jailhouse don't they baby   I ain't living long like this   Can't live at all like this can I baby      Grew up in Houston off a wayside drive   Son of a carhop in an all-night drive   He drove a stock car to an early death   All I remember is a drunk man's breath      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   I can't sleep at all in the jailhouse can I baby   Ain't living long like this   I can't live at all like this can I baby      I live for Angel, she's a roadhouse queen   Make 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   I can't live at all like this can I baby   You know the story 'bout the jailhouse rock   Go on and do it just don't get caught   They got 'em all in the jailhouse don't they baby   Ain't living long like this   I can't live at all like this can I baby      Ain't living long like this am I baby