Foghat - Ain't livin' long like this lyrics

rate me

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

you make one move and you're a dead man, friend

ain't livin' long like this

can't live at all like this, can I baby

he slipped the handcuffs on behind my back

then left me freezin' on a steel rail rack

can't sleep at all in the jailhouse baby

ain't livin' long like this

grew up in houston on the wayside drive

son of a car hop in some all nite dive

dad drove a stock car to an early death

all I remember was a drunk man's breathe

ain't livin' 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 'em take you to the man downtown

they got 'em all in the jailhouse baby

ain't livin' long like this

can't live at all like this, can I baby

ah take it

I live for angel, she's a road house 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 a jailhouse now

ain't livin' long like this

can't live at all like this, can I baby

you know the story 'bout the jailhouse rock

go on and do it, but just don't get caught

they got 'em all in the jailhouse baby

oh, ain't livin' long like this

oh no