The Spencer Davis Group

I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water

Joe Babcock

I was born in Macon, Georgia, met my dad in a Macon jail
He said, "son, if you keep your hands clean
You won't have them bloodhounds on your trail"

I fell in with bad companions, robbed a man in Tennessee
Sheriff caught me way up in Nashville
And they locked me up and they threw away the key

[Refrain]
I washed my hands in muddy water
I washed my hands but they didn't come clean
Tried to do what my daddy told me

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

I asked the jailer when my time's up, he said, "son, we won't forget
If you try to keep your hands clean
We may make a good man of you yet."

I couldn't wait to do my sentence, I broke out of the Nashville jail
I just crossed the line of Georgia
And I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail

Refrain (2 times)

Wann wurde das Lied “I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water” von The Spencer Davis Group veröffentlicht?: Das Lied I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water wurde im Jahr 1966, auf dem Album “The Second Album” veröffentlicht.
Wer hat das Lied “I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water” von The Spencer Davis Group komponiert?: Das Lied “I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water” von The Spencer Davis Group wurde von Joe Babcock komponiert.