elvis presley
i washed my hands in muddy water
I was born in Macon Georgia Kept my daddy over in Macon jail He told me if you keep your hands clean, yeah You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail  Well I fell in with bad companions Robbed a man, oh up in Tennessee They caught me way up in Nashville They locked me up and threw away the key  What'd you do, son?  I washed my hands in muddy water Washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean Tried to do what my daddy told me, yeah But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream  Well, I asked the judge, now when's my time up? He said son, oh, you know we won't forget Now, if you try just to keep your hands clean, yeah We might just make a good man of you yet  Oh, I couldn't wait, well, to get my time up I broke out, broke out of Nashville jail I just crossed the state-line of Georgia Well, well, I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail  What'd you do?  Washed my hands in muddy water I washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean Tried to do, tried to do like my daddy told me Yeah, but I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream  Yeah, washed my hands in muddy water I washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean Tried to do, tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah But I must have washed my hands in a muddy, oh, oh  Yeah, washed my hands in muddy water I washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean I tried to do, tried to do like my daddy told me But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream  Yeah, I washed my hands in the muddy water Wiped my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean I tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah But I must have washed my hands in the muddy stream  Yeah, I washed my hands in the muddy water Washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean Well, I tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah But I must have washed my hands in the muddy stream  Yeah, I washed my hands in the muddy water Washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean Well, I tried to do, tried like my daddy told me, oh yeah But I must have washed my hands in the muddy stream, yeah  Washed my hands in the muddy water Washed my hands, oh, ma-ma-ma-ma, come clean, mu-mu-mu I tried to do, tried like my daddy told me, yeah lord But I must have washed my hands in the muddy stream, come on!  Washed my hands in the muddy water Washed my hands, oh, but they didn't Well, I tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah But I must have washed my hands in the muddy stream, yeah...