Guy Clark – In The Jailhouse Now lyrics

[Verse 1]
I had a friend named Bill Campbell
He used to rob, steal and gamble
And on the side he'd beg
So he mopped up
Well, I told old Bill he shouldn't do it
And old Bill said that he knew it
So he started begging with a bucket
Instead of a cup

[Chorus]
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
Now old Bill flubbed his dub
When he wore a tuxedo to the country club
He's in the jailhouse now

[Verse 2]
Now Bill had a gal named Sadie
And she said have you seen Billy lately
No I don't believe that he's about
But old Sadie went down to the jail
It was just to pay his bail
And she whispered
Sheriff please don't let him out

[Chorus]
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
Lord and while ol' Bill's away
Sadie's with the sheriff every day
He's in the jailhouse now

[Verse 3]
Oh, you remember the last election, yeah
The prohibitionists was in action
Trying to elect themselves a president
And Bill Campbell and John Austin
They rode from New Orleans to Boston
And they bought them a bottle in every settlement

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They're in the jailhouse now
They're in the jailhouse now
Well they caught 'em down by the railroad track
Stealin' a train just to haul it back
They're in the jailhouse now