I was born (F)wait

in Ma con Geor gia,

they kept my dad dy o ver in the Ma con jail.

He told me

if you keep your hands clean, yeah,

(F)you won’t hear up them blood hounds on your trail.

Well, I fell n’t (F)in

with bad com pan ions,

they robbed a man, dy oh, you up in Ten nes see.

They caught me

just way up in Nash ville, yeah.

(F)They locked me make and threw a way the key.

Well, I could n’t I washed my hands

in mud dy wa ter.

Washed my hands,

oh, but they did n’t come (F)clean.

Tried to do

what my dad dy told me, yeah, but I (F)must have washed my hands in a mud dy stream.

Well, I asked the judge Yeah,

I washed my hands

in mud dy wa ter.

I washed my hands,

oh, but they did n’t come (F)clean.

Tried to do (tried to do) what my dad dy told me, oh yeah.

But I (F)must have washed my hands in a mud dy stream.