Lyrics:

(Rodney Crowell)**lf****lf**I looked for trouble and found it son**lf**Straight down the barrel of a lawman''s gun**lf**I''d try to run but I don''t think I can**lf**If I move I''m a dead man**lf****lf**Ain''t livin'' long like this**lf**I can''t live at all like this can I baby**lf**He slipped the cuffs on behind my back**lf**Then left me freezing on a steel rail rack**lf**They got ''em all in the jailhouse don''t they baby**lf**I ain''t livin'' long like this**lf**Can''t live at all like this can I baby**lf****lf**Grew up in Houston off a wayside drive**lf**Son of a carhop in an all-night dive**lf**He drove a stock car to an early death**lf**All I remember is a drunk man''s breath**lf**Ain''t livin'' long like this**lf**I can''t live at all like this can I baby**lf****lf**We know the story how the wheel goes ''round**lf**Don''t let ''em take you to the man downtown**lf**I can''t sleep at all in the jailhouse can I baby**lf**Ain''t livin'' long like this**lf**I can''t live at all like this can I baby**lf****lf**I live for Angel she''s the roadhouse queen**lf**Make Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee**lf**I want to love her but I don''t know how**lf**I''m at the bottom of the jailhouse now**lf**Ain''t livin'' long like this**lf**I can''t live at all like this can I baby**lf****lf**You know the story ''bout the jailhouse rock**lf**Go on and do it just don''t get caught**lf**They got ''em all in the jailhouse don''t they baby**lf**Ain''t livin'' long like this**lf**I can''t live at all like this can I baby**lf****lf**Ain''t livin'' long like this**lf**I swear I can''t live at all like this can I baby**lf**Oh baby**lf**Take it home for me**lf**Ain''t livin'' long like this am I baby