Well I was born
in Macon Georgia
They kept my daddy
in the Macon jail
My daddy said Son
if you keep
your hands clean
you won't hear them
bloodhounds on your trail
But I fell in
with bad companions
We robbed a man
in Tennessee
Sheriff caught me
way up in Nashville
He locked me up
and threw away the key
Well I washed my hands
in muddy water
I washed my hands
but they didn't come clean
Tried to do
what my daddy told me
but I must have
washed my hands
in a muddy stream
I couldn't wait
to do my sentence
I broke out
of the Nashville jail
I just crossed
that line into Georgia
and I can hear them
bloodhounds on my trail
Yeah I washed my hands
in muddy water
I washed my hands
but they didn't come clean
Tried to do
what my daddy told me
but I must have
washed my hands
in a muddy stream
I washed my hands
in muddy water
I washed my hands
but they didn't come clean
Tried to do
like my daddy told me
but I must have
washed my hands
in a muddy stream