Karaoké I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water Elvis Presley

I was born in Macon Georgia

They kept my daddy over in Macon jail

He told me if you keep your hands clean yeah

You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail

Well I fell in with bad companions

Robbed a man oh up in Tennessee

They caught me way up in Nashville hey

They locked me up and threw away the key what did you son?

I washed my hands in muddy water

Washed my hands oh but they didn't come clean

Tried to do what my daddy told me yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Well I asked the judge now when's my time up

He said son oh you know we won't forget

Now if you try just to keep your hands clean yeah

We might just make a good man of you yet

Oh I couldn't wait well to get my time up

I broke out broke out of Nashville jail

I just crossed the state-line of Georgia yeah

Well I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail what you do?

I washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands oh but they didn't come clean

Tried to do tried to do like my daddy told me yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Yeah I washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands oh but they didn't come clean

Tried to do tried to do like my daddy told me oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy oh oh

Yeah I washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands oh but they didn't come clean

I tried to do like my daddy told me oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Yeah I washed my hands in muddy water

Washed my hands oh but they didn't come clean

I tried to do what my daddy told me oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Oh ah ah ah

Yeah I washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands oh but they didn't come clean

I tried to do like my daddy told me oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Yeah I washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands oh but they didn't come clean

Well I tried to do tried to do like my daddy told me oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream yeah

I washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands oh no no didn't come clean ma ma ma ma ma

Tried to do like my daddy told me yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Oh I washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands oh didn't

Yeah tried to do like my daddy told me oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream