Westbound - I Ain´t Living Long Like This

I looked for trouble and I found it, son
Straight down the barrel of lawman's gun
I'd try to run but I don't think I can
You make one move and you're a dead man, friend
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I, baby
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
Then left me freezing on a steel rail rack
They got 'em all in the jailhouse, ain't they, baby
I ain't living long like this

Grew up in Houston off the Wayside Drive
Son of a carhop in some all-night dive
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man's breath
I ain't living 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, baby
I ain't living long like this

I live for Angel, she's a roadhouse queen
Make Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but I don't know how
I'm the bottom of the jailhouse now
I ain't living 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 but just don't get caught
They got 'em all in the jailhouse, ain't they, baby
I ain't living long like this