I look 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 reel rack   They got'em all in the jailhouse baby   Ain't living long like this   Can't live at all like this,can i baby?      Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives   Son of a carhop and some all night dives   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?      You know the story how the wheel goes 'round   Don't let them take you to the man down town   Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse baby   Ain't living long like this   Can't live at all like this,can i baby?      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 in 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   Don't want to 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?