I Wash My Hands In Muddy Water Lyrics - Marty Robbins

I was born in Macon, Georgia 

They kept my dad in the Macon jail 

Dad said son if you keep your hands clean 

You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail 

But I fell in with bad companions 

We robbed a man in Tennessee 

The sheriff caught me way up in Nashville 

They locked me up and threw away the key 

I asked the jailor when's my time up 

He said son we won't forget 

And if you try to keep your hands clean 

We may make a good man of you yet 

I couldn't wait to do my sentence 

I broke out of the Nashville jail 

I just crossed the line of Georgia 

And I can hear them bloodhounds on my trail 

I washed my hands in muddy water 

I washed my hands but they didn't come clean 

I tried to do like Daddy told me 

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream 

Yes I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream