A Week in a Country Jail-Tom T. Hall

[ti:A Week In A Country Jail] [ar:Tom T.Hall] [al:Ultimate Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Week in a Country Jail - Tom T. Hall [00:13.08]One time I spent a week inside a little country jail [00:16.46] [00:17.65]And I don't guess I'll ever live it down [00:19.60] [00:21.51]I was sittin' at a red light when these two men came and got me [00:25.82]And said that I was speeding through their town [00:28.19] [00:30.14]Well, they said,"Tomorrow morning you can see the judge then go" [00:33.57] [00:34.40]They let me call one person on the phone [00:36.68] [00:38.58]I thought I'd be there overnight so I just called my boss [00:42.06] [00:43.10]To tell him I'd be off but not for long [00:45.10] [00:47.20]Well, they motioned me inside a cell with seven other guys [00:50.20] [00:51.53]One little barred up window in the rear [00:53.77] [00:55.69]My cellmates said if they had let me bring some money in [00:59.09] [01:00.05]We ought to send the jailer for some beer [01:02.41] [01:04.23]Well, I had to pay him double 'cause he was the man in charge [01:07.62] [01:08.54]And the jailer's job was not the best in town [01:10.89] [01:13.18]Later on his wife brought hot bologna, eggs and gravy [01:16.15] [01:17.33]The first day I was there I turned it down [01:19.49] [01:21.31]Well, next morning they just let us sleep but I was up real early [01:24.84] [01:25.96]Wonderin' when I'd get my release [01:27.81] [01:30.20]Later on we got more hot bologna, eggs and gravy [01:33.37] [01:34.31]And by now I wasn't quite so hard to please [01:36.69] [01:38.64]Two days later when I thought that I had been forgotten [01:41.81] [01:42.79]The sheriff came in chewin' on a straw [01:45.05] [01:46.88]He said, "Where is the guy who thinks that this is Indianapolis? [01:49.97] [01:50.80]I'd like to talk to him about the law" [01:53.30] [01:55.44]Well, I told him who I was and told him I was working steady [01:58.83] [01:59.83]And I really should be gettin' on my way [02:01.92] [02:03.95]That part about me bein' who I was did not impress him [02:07.40] [02:08.38]He said, "The judge'll be here any day" [02:10.58] [02:12.62]The jailer had a wife and let me tell you she was awful [02:16.01] [02:16.79]But she brought that hot bologna every day [02:18.91] [02:21.00]And after seven days she got to lookin' so much better [02:24.40] [02:25.37]I asked her if she'd like to run away [02:27.67] [02:29.55]The next mornin' that old judge took every nickel that I had [02:32.85] [02:33.70]And he said, "Son, let this teach you not to race" [02:36.03] [02:38.13]The jailer's wife was smilin' from the window as I left [02:41.33] [02:42.22]In thirty minutes I was out of state