Tonart: A major
Verse 1
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One time I spent a week
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inside a little country jail
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And I don't guess I'll ever live it down
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I was sittin' at a red light when these
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two men came and got me
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And said that I was speeding
Verse 2
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Well, they said,tomorrow morning
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you can see the judge then go.
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They let me call one person
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I thought I'd be there overnight
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so I just called my boss
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To tell him I'd be off but
Verse 3
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Well, they motioned me inside
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a cell with seven other guys
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One little barred up window in the rear
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My cellmates said if they had let
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We ought to send the jailer for some beer
Verse 4
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Well, I had to pay him double 'cause
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he was the man in charge
And the jailer's job was
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not the best in town
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Later on his wife brought hot bologna,
eggs and gravy
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The first day I was there I turned it down
Verse 5
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Well, next morning they just let us sleep
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but I was up real early
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Wonderin' when I'd get my release
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Later on we got more hot bologna,
eggs and gravy
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And by now I wasn't quite
Verse 6
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Two days later when I thought that
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The sheriff came in chewin' on a straw
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He said, where is the guy who
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thinks that this is indianapolis?
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I'd like to talk to him about the law.
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Well, I told him who I was and told him
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And I really should be gettin' on my way
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That part about me bein' who I
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was did not impress him
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He said, the judge'll be
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here any day.
Verse 7
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The jailer had a wife and let
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me tell you she was awful
But she brought that hot
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bologna every day
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And after seven days she got
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to lookin' so much better
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I asked her if she'd like to run away
Verse 8
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The next mornin' that old judge
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took every nickel that I had
And he said, son,
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let this teach you not to race.
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The jailer's wife was smilin'
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from the window as I left
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In thirty minutes I was out
Outro 1
of state
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