Lyrics:

I was walkin' down the street mindin' my own affair
When two policemen grabbed me, unaware
He says 'Your name Henry?', I says 'Why sure'
He says 'You're the boy I've been lookin' for'

I was framed, framed
I was blamed, framed
Well, I never knew nothin'
But I always get framed
Oh, framed

They took me in the lineup and let those bright lights shine
There were ten poor souls like me in that line
I knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan
When a stool pigeon walked in says 'There's your man'

I was framed, framed
I was blamed
Oh, framed, framed, framed
Well, I never knew nothin'
But I always get framed

Well, the prosecutor turned and started a-prosecutin' me
Man, that cat didn't give me the one, but the third degree
He says 'Where were you on the night of July 1953?'
'Man, I was just home just a-tweedly-dee'

I was framed, oh. framed
I was blamed
Oh, framed, framed, framed
Well, I never knew nothin'
But I always get framed

Oh, framed
Oh, framed