Fish In The Jailhouse (Waits/Brennan 1999)
Peoria Johnson told Dudlow Joe I can break out of any old jail you know The bars are iron, the walls are stone All I need me is an old fishbone Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh yeah They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, oh boy They’re serving fish in the jailhouse, fish in the jailhouse tonight Corbina opaleye, hammerhead shark A steelhead salmon or a mud bank carp I said, one side dull and then the other side sharp On Saturday night I’ll be in Central Park Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right Did you hear they’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight? All right They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, oh boy They’re serving fish in the jailhouse Fish in the jailhouse tonight Ask Little Son Jackson or the Forty-Four kid Whitfield Farraday, what I did From Yazoo city down to Rollin Fork From Natchez to Kenosha, route down to New York They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right Lookee here, fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight They’re serving fish in the jailhouse Fish in the jailhouse tonight Gimme a nice totuava or a chicken of the sea I'm gonna fashion me a fishbone skeleton key Tell Skullion Childs, I won't be late You can bet your freedom, I'm gonna clean my plate Serving Fish in the jailhouse tonight Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight Serving fish in the jailhouse, fish in the jailhouse tonight Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight All right
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