I Washed My Hands Lyrics

I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water lyrics I was born in Macon Georgia They kept my daddy over in Macon jail He told me if you keep your hands clean 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 I washed my hands in muddy water Washed my hands, but they didn t come clean Tried to do what my daddy told me 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 If you try just to keep your hands clean We might just make a good man of you yet Oh I couldn t wait to get my time up I broke out, broke out of Nashville jail I just crossed the state-line of Georgia Well I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail I washed my hands in muddy water Washed my hands, but they didn t come clean Tried to do what my daddy told me But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream