A Week In A County Jail

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One time I spent a week inside a little county jail

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And I don't guess I'll ever live it down

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I was sitting at a red light when these two men came and got me

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And said that I was speeding through their town


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Well they said tomorrow morning you can see the judge then go

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They let me call one person on the phone

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I thought I'd be there overnight so I just called my boss

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To tell him I'd be off but not for long


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They motioned me inside a cell with seven other guys

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And one little barred up window in the rear

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My cell mate said if they had let me bring some money in

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We ought to send the jailer for some beer


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Well I had to pay him double cause he was the man in charge

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And the jailer's job was not the best in town

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Later on his wife brought hot baloney eggs and gravy

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The first day I was there I turned it down


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Next morning they just let us sleep but I was up real early

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Wondering when I'd get my release

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Later on we got more hot baloney eggs n' gravy

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By now I wasn't quite so hard to please


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Two days later when I thought that I had been forgotten

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The sheriff came in chewing on a straw

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He said where is the guy who thinks that this is Indianapolis

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I'd like to talk to him about the law


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Well I told him who I was and told him I was working steady

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And I really should be getting on my way

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That part about me being who I was did not impress him

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He said the judge would be here any day


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The jailer had a wife and let me tell ya she was awful

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But she brought that hot baloney every day

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And after seven days she got to looking so much better

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I asked her if she'd like to run away


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Next morning that ole judge took every nickel that I had

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And he said son let this teach you not to race

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The jailer's wife was smiling from the window as I left

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In thirty minutes I was outta state


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