Ain??t Livin?? Long Like This

(Rodney Crowell)

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

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 dive
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
I 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
I 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
I can??t live at all like this can I baby

Ain??t livin?? long like this
I swear I can??t live at all like this can I baby
Oh baby
Take it home for me
Ain??t livin?? long like this am I baby