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