The Jailbird Blues

I was only 16 yrs old . . when I robbed that liquor store

Now I'm crying every day when I hear them slammin

them prison doors

I got the blues

The big-time jailhouse blues

I got the blue ooh ooh es

I'm a Jailbird with the blues

All I do is sit on the block with Bobbie Lee n Tammy Joe

tossing back and forth all these cards. and playing with them domeenoes

I got the blues

I got the blue ooh ooh oohs

I'm just a Jailbird with the blues

well I've been here as long as the mice

and now they are all dead

I shoulda taken my lawyers advice

and listened to what Mama said

cause now I got the blues

I've got the bloooh ooh ooh oohse

I'm just a Jailbird with the blues.