My rooster crows at dawn My rooster crows at dawn Don't do nothing when the dark come on You know it don't seem right Ah, it don't seem right Bird oughta do something about it gettin' night I ain't the criminal kind I was never the criminal kind I just do a little pilfering from time to time It was around Muscle Shoals It was around Muscle Shoals I was crawlin' in a window, I got shot full of holes So it was at that time It was at that time I decided to forgo my life of crime So I got me a guitar Oh, I got me a guitar I play all night for some money in a jar I got me a suit of clothes I got a suit of clothes I rarely get home before my rooster crows My rooster crows at dawn My rooster crows at dawn Don't do nothing when the dark come on