I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water Lyrics - Elvis Presley

(words & music by Joe Babcock) 

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 

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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 

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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