Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This Andy Griggs

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