Taj Mahal - Slow Drag Lyrics

Said I'm tired of livin' and doing my time
Oh, the judge said, Son, give you one to 99
Give you one, yeah
Give you 99
I'm gon' give you one year, I might give you 99
You know you doing time partner
'Cause you have done the crime

Said I'm tired of living, in this low-down prison cell
And I wouldn't have been here, baby
Hadn't it been my Big-Legged Nel
Oh, I wouldn't have been in the hoosegow in the pokey
In the slammer head locked, Big-Legged Nel
I wouldn't have been in the clinker
In the jailhouse, hadn't it been for Nel
She said she was from New Orleans
And she needed protection 'cause she had something to sell

If I ever get out of this prison, babe
I'm on the job, God, please
I'm gon' take off straight runnin'
Oh, runnin' up the nearest tree
I'm gonna be run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, running through the tree

I'm gonna be running, running for the tree
I'm gon' to be runnin' so fast, pretty baby
Looks like your daddy's runnin' on his knees

Said I'm tired of living and doing my time
Oh, the judge said, Son, give you one to 99
If my wife don't give me no loving
When I come to the church in the morning
Oh, I'll give you 99
If I don't get no corn liquor
I'm gettin' you a 99
You know you doing time partner
'Cause you have done the crime

Come on, now

Oh, yeah
Yup