Durango Jail

The Durango jail, it beats them all
For the bugs in the rugs
And the pictures on the walls

And it's hard times in Durango jail
It's hard times, boys

I wrote to my mother to send me a knife
'Cause the bugs are so big
That they threaten my life

And it's hard times in Durango jail
It's hard times, boys
I said it's hard times in Durango jail

Well, there's no one around me to go my bail
And my girl's in Memphis
And she don't send no mail
It's hard times, boys

You get your coffee in an old tin cup
You won't put it down
But you can't drink it up

Oh, it's hard times in Durango jail
It's hard times, boys
I mean it's hard times in Durango jail

Well, there's no one around me to go my bail
And my girl's in Memphis
And she don't send no mail
It's hard times, boys

Sheriff, he's taken my very last cent
And all that he told me was
"Thanks for the rent"

Well, it's hard times in Durango jail
It's hard times, boys
I said it's hard times in Durango jail

Well, there's no one around me to go my bail
And my girl's in Memphis
And she don't send no mail
It's hard times, boys

Six months' time wouldn't seem so long
If that girl of mine hadn't done me wrong

Oh, it's hard times in Durango jail
It's hard times, boys
Well, I mean it's hard times in Durango jail

Well, there's no one around me to go my bail
And my girl's in Memphis
And she don't send no mail
It's hard times, boys

Hard times, boys