Songtexte I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water - Charlie Rich

Well I was born in Macon, Georgia
Kept my daddy, whoa, in the Macon jail
He said, "Son, if you keep your hands clean
You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail"
But I fell in with bad companions
Robbed a man up in Tennessee
They caught me way up in Nashville
They locked me up and they threw away the key

Well, I wash my hands in muddy water
Wash my hands, but they didn't come clean
Tried to do like my daddy told me
I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

I asked the jailer
I said, "Now when's my time up?"
He said, "Son, you know we won't forget
And if you try just to keep your hands clean
We may just make a good man of you yet"

I couldn't wait to get my time in
I broke out, broke out the Nashville jail
I just crossed over line of Georgia
Now I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail

Wash my hands in muddy water
Wash my hands, but they didn't come clean
Tried to do like my daddy told me
I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream