Penitentiary

I hid a batch in Frisco

I couldn't score a job

So I did the next best thing and I learned how to rob

I took that train to Houston

But I couldn't get away

From the five and dime about the time

The constable would say

Come on down

To the penitentiary

Oh, mommy the law came crashing down on me

Playing stud in the evening

The solitary night

Leon has the cigarettes and Capone has got the light

Now I'm shifting squares with a man from Arkansas

He took my rook oh lord and my kings about to fall

Come on down

To the penitentiary

Oh, mommy the law came crashing down on me

And I'm calling from a pay phone

Down around Lawrence bend

Got me a pardon son

Gonna do it all again

Come on down

To the penitentiary

Oh, mommy the law came crashing down on me

Come on down

To the penitentiary

Oh, mommy the law came crashing down on me