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 [00:13.02]One time I spent a week inside a little country jail [00:16.40] [00:17.59]And I don't guess I'll ever live it down [00:19.54] [00:21.45]I was sittin' at a red light when these two men came and got me [00:25.76]And said that I was speeding through their town [00:28.13] [00:30.08]Well, they said,"Tomorrow morning you can see the judge then go" [00:33.51] [00:34.34]They let me call one person on the phone [00:36.62] [00:38.52]I thought I'd be there overnight so I just called my boss [00:42.00] [00:43.04]To tell him I'd be off but not for long [00:45.04] [00:47.14]Well, they motioned me inside a cell with seven other guys [00:50.13] [00:51.46]One little barred up window in the rear [00:53.70] [00:55.62]My cellmates said if they had let me bring some money in [00:59.02] [00:59.98]We ought to send the jailer for some beer [01:02.34] [01:04.16]Well, I had to pay him double 'cause he was the man in charge [01:07.55] [01:08.47]And the jailer's job was not the best in town [01:10.82] [01:13.11]Later on his wife brought hot bologna, eggs and gravy [01:16.09] [01:17.27]The first day I was there I turned it down [01:19.43] [01:21.25]Well, next morning they just let us sleep but I was up real early [01:24.78] [01:25.90]Wonderin' when I'd get my release [01:27.75] [01:30.14]Later on we got more hot bologna, eggs and gravy [01:33.31] [01:34.25]And by now I wasn't quite so hard to please [01:36.63] [01:38.58]Two days later when I thought that I had been forgotten [01:41.75] [01:42.73]The sheriff came in chewin' on a straw [01:44.99] [01:46.82]He said, "Where is the guy who thinks that this is Indianapolis? [01:49.91] [01:50.74]I'd like to talk to him about the law" [01:53.24] [01:55.38]Well, I told him who I was and told him I was working steady [01:58.77] [01:59.77]And I really should be gettin' on my way [02:01.86] [02:03.89]That part about me bein' who I was did not impress him [02:07.34] [02:08.32]He said, "The judge'll be here any day" [02:10.52] [02:12.56]The jailer had a wife and let me tell you she was awful [02:15.95] [02:16.73]But she brought that hot bologna every day [02:18.85] [02:20.94]And after seven days she got to lookin' so much better [02:24.34] [02:25.31]I asked her if she'd like to run away [02:27.61] [02:29.49]The next mornin' that old judge took every nickel that I had [02:32.79] [02:33.64]And he said, "Son, let this teach you not to race" [02:35.96] [02:38.06]The jailer's wife was smilin' from the window as I left [02:41.26] [02:42.15]In thirty minutes I was out of state