Ain't no honky tonks in jail
No cigarettes they read your mail
You can't hear the juke box wail
Ain't no honky tonks in jail
Ain't no dancing goin on
No guitar pickin all night long
No body's here to do my bail
Ain't no honky tonks in jail
There ain't no honky tonks in jail
Shoulda walked that straight down narrow trail
My freedoms gone and I live in jail
Ain't no honky tonks in jail
Give me three square meals a day
Some commissary and a place to lay
Theres 21 men in a 10 man cell
Ain't no honky tonks in jail
I read the good book cause I got time
I'd love to see that neon sign
I'd love to hear the jukebox wail
Ain't no honky tonks in jail
There aint no honky tonks in jail
Shoulda walked that straight down narrow trail
My El Camino's up for sale
Ain't no honky tonks in jail
They turned me loose on work release
I didn't come back, they sent police
Said boy you'll be in here a spell
And there ain't no honky tonks in jail
There ain't no honky tonks in jail
Shoulda walked that straight down narrow trail
The whole town thinks that I have failed
There ain't no honky tonks in jail
There ain't no honky tonks in jail
Shoulda walked that straight down narrow trail
My cars impounded and for sale
There ain't no honky tonks in jail