16 Days

They gave me 16 days in the county jail
'Cause I was up to no good and raisin' hell
Jailer, Jailer, don’t you understand?!
My woman done left me, I’m a broken man
My baby’s long gone
I just can’t do right since my baby done me wrong
Rode a Greyhound bus for 600 miles
Back to Dallas, Texas just to see her smile
Opened the door and when I walked in
I found a note that said she’d left me for my good-timin' friend
My baby’s long gone
I just can’t do right since my baby done me wrong
Jailer said, «Son, won’t you listen to me
I’m about as sorry as I can be
But 'cause your woman done gone, that don’t make it alright
To go raisin' hell in the middle of the night
My baby’s long gone
I just can’t do right since my baby done me wrong
My baby’s long gone
My baby’s long gone
My baby’s long gone
My baby’s long gone
My baby’s long gone
My baby’s long gone