Lonesome Jailhouse Blues

Standin' in the jailhouse

A-wishin' I was free

I'd like to get out

But I ain't got a key-ey

I got them lonesome jailhouse blues

A-waitin' for a train that'll take me away

And I'll be gone for many a day

I got them lonesome jailhouse blues

A-standin' in the jailhouse lookin' at the street

And this jail floor is hurtin' my feet

I got them lonesome jailhouse blues

A-watchin' my friends as they go by

They'd get me out if-a they would try

I got them lonesome jailhouse blues

A-lookin' down that lonsome railroad line

I'm thinkin' of a girl that I left behind

I got them lonesome jailhouse blues

The jury said that I have to go

When they sit me here without a show

I got them lonesome jailhouse blues

So goodbye friends I'm a-leavin' today

The foreman train's gonna take me away

I got them lonesome jailhouse blues

The governor's spare don't worry me

It's the way I feel that makes me sing

I got them lonesome jaïlhouse blue-ues