Steve Forbert - In The Jailhouse Now Lyrics

VERSE

I had a friend called Ramblin' Bob

He used to steal and gamble and rob

He thought he was the smartest man around

But I found out last Monday

They locked him up on Sunday

They've got him in the jailhouse way downtown



CHORUS #1

He's in the jailhouse now

The jailhouse now

I warned him once or twice

Quit playin' cards and shootin' the dice

He's in the jailhouse now



VERSE

Well, he played that game called poker

Pinochle, whist and euchre

But shooting dice, lord, it was his greatest game

So now he's down in jail

Nobody to go his bail

The judge done said that he refused a fine



CHORUS #2

He's in the jailhouse now

The jailhouse now

I warned him once or twice

You better quit playin' the cards and

shootin' the dice

He's in the jailhouse now



(YODEL)



VERSE

Well, I went out last Tuesday

I met a gal named Susie

Told her I was the swellest man around

We started spendin' my money

She started callin' me honey

We took in every cabaret in town



CHORUS #3

We're in the jailhouse now

In the jailhouse now

You know I told that judge right to his face

I couldn't stand to see his place

We're in the jailhouse now

(YODEL OUT)



Jimmie Rodgers

Peer Southern Music





OH, CAMILLE



VERSE

Burnin' candles, watchin' shadows

Long hours melt away in spider town

Sultry ev'nings, whisperin' windows

I sit and listen to the rain come down



CHORUS

Oh, Camille, read all about it in my letter

Oh, Camille ...



VERSE

Howlin' wolves out chasin' deer make

Dark, ugly pictures for my soul to see

Pale pianos leave me wond'rin'

"How go these nights of yours in Italy?"



(REPEAT CHORUS)



VERSE

Took a walk down flights of stairs, I

Went out to wander where the rain has been

Saw a madman preachin' tombstones

I'm feelin' better 'bout the shape I'm in



(REPEAT CHORUS)



BRIDGE

Ain't got no jokes to tell

Just lotsa books to read

Wild hearts an' traffic sounds

All poundin' ev'rywhere

It's electricity

It's flowin' into me

I am at home in here

These blues are right for me



(INSTRUMENTAL OUT)