I Ain't Living Long Like This lyrics - Brooks & Dunn

(originally by Rodney Crowell)

You looked for trouble and you found it, son

Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun

You'd try to run, but you don't think you can

You make one move and you're 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 he left me freezing on a steel rail track

They got 'em all in the jailhouse, ain't they, baby

I ain't living long like this

Grew up in Houston, off of Wayside drive

Son of a car hop 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

Can't sleep at all in the jailhouse, baby

I ain't living long like this

You live for Angel, she's a roadhouse queen

Make Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee

You want to love her but you don't know how

You're at 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