I'm sittin' in Knoxville Courthouse   Ain't got a thing to do   I don't wanna go to the movies   Couldn't if I wanted to, I'm on trial for lovin' you      Now this all started in a honky tonk   Just the other side of town   A girl come in took a stool by me   Ordered gin and drank it down      She lit up a cigarette and turned around   Well, she said my name is Jeannie   And asked me what was mine   I answered Hank and I walked   To the jukebox droppin' a dime      I looked at her short dress low neck line   Well, we danced for five or ten minutes   And I held her close to me      Kissed her lips and squeezed her hips   And judged about twenty-three   Whispered in my ears, I said, "Yes siree"      Now the scene is a little motel   Out on the state highway   And there's a room for two   Love is about to take place      And a state trooper breaks down the door   Shines a flash light in my face   I said, "What the hell is this"   And another man and woman come in      And the girl I'm with starts cryin' and screamin'   And she runs over to them   Said, "Thank God you're here   He tried to hurt me mama"      I said now you don't mean   The cop says, "Son the girl is seventeen"   So that's why I'm in Knoxville courthouse   And the judge passed sentence on me      And it's ten long years for statutory rape   In the state penitentiary   Lord, I can't believe this is happened to me      So when next time you give a girl the eye   She gives you that certain smile   Just remember under that woman's breast   May beat the heart of a child      Don't you let yourself be the one   To help a mixed up kids go wild   This story happened a lot that's true   But you better hope and pray it never happens to you