I was walkin down the street, mindin my own affair When two policemen grabbed me, unaware He says: Is your name Henry? I says: Why sure He says: You the boy I'm lookin' for I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed They took him in the line up and let those bright Lights shine, there was ten poor souls like me in that line I knew I was a victim of someones evil plan When a stool pidgeon walked in and says: That's your man I was framed, framed, I was blamed oh, framed, framed, framed Well, I never knew nothin but I always get framed Well, the prosecutor turned and started a prosecutin' me Man, that cat didn't give me the one, but the third degree He says: Where were you on the night of July 1953? Man I was just home just a tweedle-a-dee I was framed oh framed, I was blamed oh, framed, framed, framedwell I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh framed, oh framed