Merle Haggard - Nobody Knows But Me lyrics

rate me

(Jimmie Rodgers - Elsie McWilliams)

Nobody knows about the jailhouse blues till you get within four walls

The jailerman turns that big black key that's when your spirit falls

You drag yourself up to the bars and while you gaze out at the stars

This is what you'll say.

Hey why did I stray from the rightous path, nobody knows but me

There on the outside you all can laugh but I don't need your sympathy

For after I've paid for the liquor I've stole

I'll leave this place worth my weight in gold

So why did I stray from the rightous path nobody knows but me.

--- Instrumental ---

When you realize that you're all alone seated in a two-by-four

That little cell is just a taste of hell if you ain't been there before

Well you're locked up tight but they treat you fair

You get everything that you need in there

That's just why you'll say.

Well, why did I stray from the rightous path, nobody knows but me

There on the outside you all can laugh but I don't need your sympathy

For after I've paid for the liquor I've stole

I'll leave this place worth my weight in gold

So why did I stray from the rightous path nobody knows but me.

Nobody knows but me...