I Ain’t Living Long Like This
Rodney Crowell * Track #5 On Ain’t Living Long Like This
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I Ain't Living Long Like This by Rodney Crowell
Performed by
Rodney CrowellProduced by
Brian AhernWrited by
Rodney CrowellAbout
“Ain’t Living Long Like This” is the narrator’s realization that his current path will lead him to an early grave. It served as the title track on Crowell’s 1977 debut and has been covered by Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, and Brooks & Dunn.
I Ain’t Living Long Like This Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I looked for trouble and I found it, son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
I try to run but I don't think I can
You make one move and you're a dead man, friend
[Chorus]
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby?
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
Then left me freezing on a steel rail rack
I can't sleep at all in the jailhouse, baby
I ain't living long like this
[Verse 2]
Grew up in Houston off of Wayside Drive
Son of a car hop in some all night dive
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man's breath
[Chorus]
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby?
We know the story how the wheel goes 'round
Don't let 'em take you to the man downtown
They got 'em all in the jailhouse, ain't they baby
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby?
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
I live for Angel, she's a roadhouse queen
Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but I don't know how
I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now
[Chorus]
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby
Y'all know the story 'bout the jailhouse rock?
Go on and do it, but just don't get caught
They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this, can I baby?
I Ain’t Living Long Like This Q&A
Who wrote I Ain’t Living Long Like This's ?
I Ain’t Living Long Like This was written by Rodney Crowell.
Who produced I Ain’t Living Long Like This's ?
I Ain’t Living Long Like This was produced by Brian Ahern.
What did Rodney Crowell say about "I Ain't Living Long Like This"?
In May 2015, Crowell revealed the rather pedestrian backstory to this outlaw tune. Crowell was arrested in the spring of 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California, for repeated violations of the whitebread beach community’s leash laws. The lyrical inspiration began to hit him before he’d even been led to th...