I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water Lyrics - Charlie Rich

Well I was born in Macon, Georgia 

They kept my Daddy in the Macon jail 

He said, "son, if you keep your hands clean 

You wont hear those bloodhounds on your trail" 

Well I fell in with bad companions 

I robbed a man up in Tennessee 

They caught me way up in Nashville 

They locked me up and threw away the key 

Well I washed off my hands in muddy water 

I washed off my hands, but they didn't come clean 

I tried to do like my daddy told me 

I must have washed off my hands in a muddy stream 

I asked the jailer, I said "now when's my time up?" 

He said "son, no we won't forget 

And if you try and just keep your hands clean 

We may just make a good man of you yet" 

I couldn't wait to get my time in 

I broke out, broke out the Nashville jail 

I just crossed Atlanta, Georgia 

And I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail 

I washed off my hands in muddy water 

I washed off my hands, but they didn't come clean 

I tried to do like my daddy told me 

I must have washed off my hands in a muddy stream