Lyrics:

(Rodney Crowell)I looked for trouble and found it sonStraight down the barrel of a lawman''s gunI''d try to run but I don''t think I canIf I move I''m a dead manAin''t livin'' long like thisI can''t live at all like this can I babyHe slipped the cuffs on behind my backThen left me freezing on a steel rail rackThey got ''em all in the jailhouse don''t they babyI ain''t livin'' long like thisCan''t live at all like this can I babyGrew up in Houston off a wayside driveSon of a carhop in an all-night diveHe drove a stock car to an early deathAll I remember is a drunk man''s breathAin''t livin'' long like thisI can''t live at all like this can I babyWe know the story how the wheel goes ''roundDon''t let ''em take you to the man downtownI can''t sleep at all in the jailhouse can I babyAin''t livin'' long like thisI can''t live at all like this can I babyI live for Angel she''s the roadhouse queenMake Texas Ruby look like Sandra DeeI want to love her but I don''t know howI''m at the bottom of the jailhouse nowAin''t livin'' long like thisI can''t live at all like this can I babyYou know the story ''bout the jailhouse rockGo on and do it just don''t get caughtThey got ''em all in the jailhouse don''t they babyAin''t livin'' long like thisI can''t live at all like this can I babyAin''t livin'' long like thisI swear I can''t live at all like this can I babyOh babyTake it home for meAin''t livin'' long like this am I baby