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A Week In A Country Jail Karaoke

Tom T Hall

LyricsA Week In A Country Jail

DOO DOO DOO

DOO DOO DOO

DOO DOO DOO

OOH OOH OOH

ONE TIME I SPENT

A WEEK INSIDE

A LITTLE COUNTRY JAIL

AND I DON'T GUESS

I'LL EVER LIVE IT DOWN

I WAS SITTIN'

AT A RED LIGHT

WHEN THESE TWO MEN

CAME AND GOT ME

AND SAID

THAT I WAS SPEEDIN'

THROUGH THEIR TOWN

WELL THEY SAID

TOMORROW MORNIN'

YOU CAN

SEE THE JUDGE THEN GO

THEY LET ME CALL

ONE PERSON

ON THE PHONE

I THOUGHT I'D

BE THERE OVERNIGHT

SO I JUST

CALLED MY BOSS

TO TELL HIM I'D BE OFF

BUT NOT FOR LONG

WELL THEY

MOTIONED ME

INSIDE A CELL

WITH SEVEN

OTHER GUYS

ONE LITTLE BARRED UP

WINDOW IN THE REAR

MY CELL MATE SAID

IF THEY HAD LET ME

BRING SOME MONEY IN

WE ALL WOULD SEND

THE JAILER

FOR SOME BEER

WELL I HAD TO PAY HIM

DOUBLE 'CAUSE

HE WAS

THE MAN IN CHARGE

AND THE JAILER'S JOB

WAS NOT

THE BEST IN TOWN

LATER ON HIS WIFE

BROUGHT HOT BOLOGNA

EGGS AND GRAVY

THE FIRST DAY

I WAS THERE

I TURNED IT DOWN

WELL NEXT MORNIN'

THEY JUST LET US SLEEP

BUT I WAS UP

REAL EARLY

WONDERIN' WHEN I'D GET

MY RELEASE

LATER ON WE GOT MORE

HOT BOLOGNA

EGGS AND GRAVY

AND BY NOW

I WASN'T QUITE

SO HARD TO PLEASE

TWO DAYS LATER

WHEN I HAD THOUGHT

THAT I HAD

BEEN FORGOTTEN

THE SHERIFF CAME IN

CHEWIN' ON A STRAW

HE SAID

WHERE IS THE GUY

WHO THINKS

THAT THIS

IS INDIANAPOLIS

I'D LIKE TO TALK TO HIM

ABOUT THE LAW

WELL I TOLD HIM

WHO I WAS

AND TOLD HIM

I WAS WORKIN' STEADY

AND I REALLY SHOULD BE

GETTIN' ON MY WAY

THAT PART ABOUT ME

BEIN' WHO I WAS

DID NOT IMPRESS HIM

HE SAID THE JUDGE'LL

BE HERE ANY DAY

THE JAILER HAD A WIFE

AND LET ME TELL YOU

SHE WAS AWFUL

BUT SHE BROUGHT THAT

HOT BOLOGNA

EVERY DAY

AND AFTER SEVEN DAYS

SHE GOT TO LOOKIN'

SO MUCH BETTER

I ASKED HER

IF SHE'D LIKE

TO RUN AWAY

WELL NEXT MORNIN'

THAT OLD JUDGE

TOOK EVERY NICKEL

THAT I HAD

AND HE SAID SON

LET THIS TEACH YOU

NOT TO RACE

THE JAILER'S WIFE

WAS SMILIN' FROM

THE WINDOW AS I LEFT

IN THIRTY MINUTES

I WAS OUT OF STATE

A-DOO DOO DOO

DOO DOO DOO

DOO DOO DOO

DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO

DOO DOO DOO DOO

DOO DOO DOO DOO

DOO DOO

DOO DOO DOO DOO

DOO DOO

DOO DOO DOO DOO

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