A Week In A Country Jail[Originally Performed by Tom T. Hall] (Karaoke Version)-Ellen Lang

[ti:A Week in a Country Jail (In the Style of Tom T. Hall) (Vocal Version)] [ar:Singer's Edge Karaoke] [al:A Week in a Country Jail (In the Style of Tom T. Hall) (Karaoke Version)] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Week in a Country Jail (In the Style of Tom T. Hall) (Instrumental Only) - Singer's Edge Karaoke (卡拉OK) [00:04.23]Du... [00:12.01] [00:13.16]One time i spent a week inside a little country jail [00:16.92] [00:17.43]And i don't guess i'll ever live it down [00:20.33] [00:21.79]I was sittin at a red light [00:23.69]When these two men came and got me [00:26.04]And said that i was speeding through their town [00:29.10] [00:30.26]Well they said tomorrow morning [00:32.13]You can see the judge then go [00:34.70]They let me call one person on the phone [00:37.64] [00:39.07]I thought i'd be there overnight so i just called my boss [00:43.29]To tell him i'd be off but not for long [00:46.30] [00:47.58]Well they motioned me inside a cell [00:49.92]With seven other guys [00:51.48] [00:51.99]One little barred up window in the rear [00:54.88] [00:56.33]My cellmates said if they had let me bring some money in [01:00.73]We ought to send the jailer for some beer [01:03.65] [01:05.02]Well i had to pay him double [01:06.82]Cause he was the man in charge [01:09.29]And the jailer's job was not the best in town [01:12.42] [01:13.90]Later on his wife brought hot bologna eggs and gravy [01:18.04]The first day i was there i turned it down [01:20.72] [01:22.02]Well next morning they just let us sleep [01:24.49]But i was up real early [01:26.90]Wonderin when i'd get my release [01:29.62] [01:31.14]Later on we got more hot bologna eggs and gravy [01:35.17]And by now i wasn't quite so hard to please [01:38.51] [01:39.74]Two days later when i thought that i had been forgotten [01:43.97]The sheriff came in chewin on a straw [01:46.96] [01:48.19]He said where is the guy who thinks [01:50.40]That this is indianapolis [01:52.59]I'd like to talk to him about the law [01:55.43] [01:56.67]Well i told him who i was and told him [01:59.29]I was working steady [02:01.01]And i really should be gettin on my way [02:04.24] [02:05.55]That part about me bein who i was did not impress him [02:09.93]He said the judge'll be here any day [02:12.87] [02:14.20]The jailer had a wife and let me tell you she was awful [02:18.48]But she brought that hot bologna every day [02:21.43] [02:22.92]And after seven days she got to lookin so much better [02:27.15]I asked her if she'd like to run away [02:30.23] [02:31.40]The next mornin that old judge [02:33.18]Took every nickel that i had [02:35.78]And he said son let this teach you not to race [02:38.78] [02:40.16]The jailer's wife was smilin from the window as i left [02:44.54]In thirty minutes i was out of state [02:47.80] [02:48.61]Du... [03:11.44]