I was born in Macon Georgia they kept my dad in
the Macon jail Dad said son if you keep your hands
clean You won't hear them bloodhounds on your
trail But I fell in with bad companions we robbed
a man in Tennessee The sheriff caught me way up in
Nashville they locked me up and threw away the key
I washed my hands in muddy water washed my hands
but they didn't come clean Tried to do like daddy
told me but I must have washed my hands in a muddy
stream
I asked the jailor when's my time up he said son
we won't forget And if you try to keep your hands
clean we may make a good man of you yet I couldn't
wait to do my sentence I broke out of the
Nashville jail I just crossed the line of Georgia
and I can hear them bloodhounds on my trail I
washed my hands...
the Macon jail Dad said son if you keep your hands
clean You won't hear them bloodhounds on your
trail But I fell in with bad companions we robbed
a man in Tennessee The sheriff caught me way up in
Nashville they locked me up and threw away the key
I washed my hands in muddy water washed my hands
but they didn't come clean Tried to do like daddy
told me but I must have washed my hands in a muddy
stream
I asked the jailor when's my time up he said son
we won't forget And if you try to keep your hands
clean we may make a good man of you yet I couldn't
wait to do my sentence I broke out of the
Nashville jail I just crossed the line of Georgia
and I can hear them bloodhounds on my trail I
washed my hands...