Steve Holland - The Price You Pay lyrics

There's a small jail in Georgia you all know Where the sun's so hot and the daylight don't show Where the moccasin she rests on a soft bed of sand You can hear the hound dog howling out the land Chorus: It ain't the way I wanted it But Lord that's the price you pay I said jailer bring me water for my throat is dry Four walls, steel bars, I've been watching pa**ersby I've been sitting here so long I'm starting to cry The hangman's coming, I'm surely going to die Chorus: It ain't the way I wanted it But Lord that's the price you pay Oh, honk on it, boy A little jail cell blues here LEAD BREAK I shot a man in Macon over a poker game I k**ed another in Atlanta just to build my fame Well, now I hear the hammers they're pounding out my name It ain't the way I wanted it But that's the price you pay It ain't the way I wanted it But Lord that's the price you pay Hey jailer, how about that water my throat's still dry Four walls, steel bars, I've been watching pa**ersby I've been sitting here so damn long I'm starting to cry The hangman's coming I'm surely going to die It ain't the way I wanted it But Lord that's the price you pay (REPEAT) It ain't the way I wanted it But Lord that's the price you pay Oh, you done out of rope son