Karaoke - A Week In A Country Jail-Karaoke

[ti:A Week In A Country Jail (In the Style of Tom T Hall) {Karaoke Lead Vocal Version}] [ar:The Karaoke Channel] [al:The Karaoke Channel - The Best Of Country Vol. - 101] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Karaoke - A Week In A Country Jail - Karaoke [00:13.19]One time I spent a week inside a little country jail [00:17.55]And I don't guess I'll ever live it down [00:21.43]I was sittin' at a red light when these two men came and got me [00:25.75]And said that I was speeding through their town [00:29.92]Well, they said,"Tomorrow morning you can see the judge then go" [00:34.42]They let me call one person on the phone [00:38.53]I thought I'd be there overnight so I just called my boss [00:42.98]To tell him I'd be off but not for long [00:47.01]Well, they motioned me inside a cell with seven other guys [00:51.29]One little barred up window in the rear [00:55.61]My cellmates said if they had let me bring some money in [00:59.90]We ought to send the jailer for some beer [01:04.03]Well, I had to pay him double 'cause he was the man in charge [01:08.20]And the jailer's job was not the best in town [01:12.88]Later on his wife brought hot bologna, eggs and gravy [01:17.00]The first day I was there I turned it down [01:21.07]Well, next morning they just let us sleep but I was up real early [01:25.65]Wonderin' when I'd get my release [01:27.94] [01:29.92]Later on we got more hot bologna, eggs and gravy [01:33.93]And by now I wasn't quite so hard to please [01:38.44]Two days later when I thought that I had been forgotten [01:41.53] [01:42.43]The sheriff came in chewin' on a straw [01:44.79] [01:46.64]He said, "Where is the guy who thinks that this is Indianapolis? [01:50.83]I'd like to talk to him about the law" [01:55.14]Well, I told him who I was and told him I was working steady [01:59.35]And I really should be gettin' on my way [02:03.60]That part about me bein' who I was did not impress him [02:07.92]He said, "The judge'll be here any day" [02:12.20]The jailer had a wife and let me tell you she was awful [02:16.29]But she brought that hot bologna every day [02:20.65]And after seven days she got to lookin' so much better [02:25.02]I asked her if she'd like to run away [02:29.17]The next mornin' that old judge took every nickel that I had [02:33.33]And he said, "Son, let this teach you not to race" [02:37.72]The jailer's wife was smilin' from the window as I left [02:42.12]In thirty minutes I was out of state