Back In My Home Town

Started out, boys, to make a little run
Gonna bootleg and have some fun
'Way back in my home town

Went out on a Saturday night
Sell my liquor, I was feelin' tight
'Way back in my home town

Standin' on the corner, didn't mean any harm
Along come a cop, then he took me by the arm
'Way back in my home town

Blowed his whistle and he rung the bell
Took me to the station like a bat out of hell
Oh boys, in my home town

Took me to the courthouse to give me a trial
Gimme thirty days on the big rockpile
'Way back in my hometown

Rocks was so hard they would not crack
You oughta saw the hammer do the ballin' jack
'Way back in my home town

I can ball the jack, I can line a track
Do anything get my good gal back
'Way back in my home town

Here I lay, all back in jail
Got no one for to go my bail
'Way back in my home town

"Jailer, jailer, I can't sleep
Around my bed these bedbugs creep"
'Way back in my home town

"Come on, mama, and go my bail
Get me out of this buggy jail"
'Way back in my home town