I'm lying on my back
On a cold steel rack
In the Memphis jail.
Ain't it a shame,
The police got my name.
1.
I stole a car in Nashville and drove it on down the line.
I don't know what made me go and do such a terrible crime.
But I'd been sipping on a dollar bottle of Golden Harvest Rose Grape Wine,
And all that low grade alcohol must have rearranged my mind.
(Chorus)
2.
I drove that stolen Chevrolet on down the interstate road,
So fast I burned the engine up and made the radiator explode.
Then I just left it there, grabbed my gear and started thumbing my way.
I was clear on down to Memphis town time the police captured me.
(Chorus)
3.
But they don't know I stole that car, they don't know who I am.
They picked me up just cause I was drunk and couldn't hardly stand.
Just stumbling around in Memphis town, so they threw me in the Memphis can.
But it serves me right. Fact, I got off light, considering how bad I am.
On a cold steel rack
In the Memphis jail.
Ain't it a shame,
The police got my name.
1.
I stole a car in Nashville and drove it on down the line.
I don't know what made me go and do such a terrible crime.
But I'd been sipping on a dollar bottle of Golden Harvest Rose Grape Wine,
And all that low grade alcohol must have rearranged my mind.
(Chorus)
2.
I drove that stolen Chevrolet on down the interstate road,
So fast I burned the engine up and made the radiator explode.
Then I just left it there, grabbed my gear and started thumbing my way.
I was clear on down to Memphis town time the police captured me.
(Chorus)
3.
But they don't know I stole that car, they don't know who I am.
They picked me up just cause I was drunk and couldn't hardly stand.
Just stumbling around in Memphis town, so they threw me in the Memphis can.
But it serves me right. Fact, I got off light, considering how bad I am.