I was born in Macon Georgia. They kept my Daddy in the Macon jail. He said "Son if you keep your hands clean uh huh. You won't hear those bloodhounds on your trail". I fell in with bad companions. I robbed a man up in Tennessee. And I got caught way up in Nashville uh huh now. And they locked me up and threw away the key. I washed my hands in muddy water. I washed my hands but they didn't come clean. I tried to do like my daddy told me now. I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream. I asked the jailer said "When's my time up?". He said "Son you know we won't forget. And if you try and just keep your hands clean uh huh. Why we may just make a good man of you yet". But I didn't wait to get my time in. I broke down broke out the Nashville jail. I just crossed Atlanta Georgia oh now. And I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail. I washed my hands in muddy water. I washed my hands but they didn't come clean. I tried to do like my daddy told me now. I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream