Muddy Water

I was born in Macon, Georgia They kept my dad in the Macon jail He said son, "if you keep your hands clean" You won't hear those bloodhounds on your trail But I fell in with bad companions I robbed a man in South Tennessee Well they caught me way up in Nashville They locked me up and threw anyway the key And I washed my hands in muddy water Yeah I washed my hands but they didn't come clean I tried to do what my daddy told me But I must of washed my hands in a muddy stream Well I could not wait to get my time done So I broke out of the Nashville jail And I just crossed the state line to Georgia And I can hear them big bad bloodhounds on my trail And I washed my hands in muddy water Yeah I washed my hands But they didn't come clean I tried to do what my daddy told me But I must of washed my hands in a muddy stream Yes I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream