I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water

I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water - Elvis Presley

(Joe Babcock)I was born in Macon GeorgiaThey kept my daddy over in Macon jailHe told me if you keep your hands cleanYou wont hear them bloodhounds on your trailWell I fell in with bad companionsRobbed a man, oh up in TennesseeThey caught me way up in NashvilleThey locked me up and threw away the keyI washed my hands in muddy waterWashed my hands, but they didnt come cleanTried to do what my daddy told meBut I must have washed my hands in a muddy streamWell I asked the judge now whens my time upHe said son, oh you know we wont forgetIf you try just to keep your hands cleanWe might just make a good man of you yetOh I couldnt wait to get my time upI broke out, broke out of Nashville jailI just crossed the state-line of GeorgiaWell I can hear those bloodhounds on my trailI washed my hands in muddy waterWashed my hands, but they didnt come cleanTried to do what my daddy told meBut I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream