Stonewall Jackson 1965

I was born in Macon Georgia
 they kept my dad in the Macon jail
Dad said son if you keep your hands clean
You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail
But I fell in with bad companions 
we robbed a man in Tennessee
The sheriff caught me way up in Nashville 
they locked me up and threw away the key
I washed my hands in muddy water 
washed my hands but they didn't come clean
Tried to do like daddy told me 
but I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

I asked the jailor when's my time up 
he said son we won't forget
And 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 them bloodhounds on my trail
I washed my hands in muddy water 
washed my hands but they didn't come clean
Tried to do like daddy told me 
but I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream