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 ELVIS PRESLEY - I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water Lyrics

[Joe Babcock]
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I was born in Macon Georgia
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They kept my daddy over in Macon jail
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He told me if you keep your hands clean
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You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail
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Well I fell in with bad companions
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Robbed a man, oh up in Tennessee
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They caught me way up in Nashville
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They locked me up and threw away the key
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I washed my hands in muddy water
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Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
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Tried to do what my daddy told me
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But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
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Well I asked the judge now when's my time up
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He said son, oh you know we won't forget
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If you try just to keep your hands clean
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We might just make a good man of you yet
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Oh I couldn't wait to get my time up
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I broke out, broke out of Nashville jail
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I just crossed the state-line of Georgia
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Well I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail
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r17g22824?411110fgg11g
I washed my hands in muddy water
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Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
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Tried to do what my daddy told me
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But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
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