James House and The Blues Cowboys - Jail House Blues Lyrics

Stand up straight when they call your name
no one here says they're to blame
slam that door now two by two
another long night with these jail house blues

days are numbered
gone down, down, down in flames
nights are dreamless too many reasons
never gonna see the light of day

Daddy did time when I was growing up
mama did her best to give us enough
i left home in a pair of daddy's boots
now I'm singing these jail house blues

angry young man
too much time on my hands
nowhere to go but down
it's taken all these years to understand
to understand

Ah Ah

Mama killed daddy in self defense
never was one to sit on the fence
my and my sister on our own
the streets got hard and cold as stone

you won't believe it
if I told you what I've seen
couldn't leave it and like a lost dog
like a lost dog it followed me

one of these days gonna let me out
I won't know what it's all about
maybe we'll meet me and you
till then I'll sing these Jail House blues