"Jailhouse" lyrics - MARTY STUART

[Chorus:]
I'm living in a jailhouse, a jailhouse, a jailhouse it's true
A jailhouse, a jailhouse, serving time with you
Deep, dark dungeon with the greystone walls, that's how it feels to me
A jailhouse, a jailhouse, she threw away the key

Well I'd rather be busting rocks, in that federal pen
Than to be locked up with your cold, low down heart
What a shape I'm in
I've been sentenced to life for the crime of loving you
No parole or pardon could set me free when you feel the way I do

[Chorus:]
Cuz' I'm living in a jailhouse, a jailhouse, jailhouse it's true
A jailhouse, a jailhouse, serving time with you
Deep, dark dungeon with the greystone walls, that's how it feels to me
A jailhouse, a jailhouse, she threw away the key

[Solo]

Well you tell me I ain't nothing, except your ball and chain
And you've been tangled in a web of sorrow, since the day you changed your name
Well maybe baby, it's about time, for me to make that big escape
Get the judge and jury to cut me loose, take a hard look at my case

[Chorus:]
Cuz' I'm living in a jailhouse, a jailhouse, a jailhouse it's true
Jailhouse, a jailhouse, serving time with you
Deep, dark dungeon with the greystone walls, that's how it feels to me
Jailhouse, a jailhouse she threw away the key
She threw away the key
She threw away the key