Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Knoxville Courthouse Blues , by - Hank Williams Jr.. Release date: 05.10.1998
Song language: English
Knoxville Courthouse Blues |
| I’m sittin' in Knoxville courthouse ain’t got a thing to do |
| I don’t wanna go to the movies couldn’t if I wanted to cuz I’m on trial for |
| lovin' you |
| Now this all started in a honky tonk just the other side of town |
| A girl come in took a stool by me ordered gin and drank it down |
| She lit up a cigarette sexly turned around |
| Well she said my name is Jannie and asked me what was mine |
| I answered Hank as I walked to the jukebox droppin' a dime |
| Checked out her short dress low neck line |
| Well we danced for five or ten minutes and I held her close to me |
| Kissed her lips and squeezed her hips and judged about twenty three |
| Whispered in my ears I said yes siree |
| Now the scene is a little motel out on the state highway |
| There in room 12 little love is about to take place |
| And a state trooper breaks down the door shines a flash light in my face |
| I said what the hell is this and another man and woman come in |
| And the girl I’m with starts cryin' and screamin' and she runs over to them |
| Said thank God you’re here he tried to hurt me mama |
| I said now you don’t mean the cop says son the girl is seventeen |
| So that’s why I’m in Knoxville courthouse and the judge passed sentence on me |
| And it’s ten long years for statutory rape in the state penitentiary |
| Lord I can’t believe this is happened to me |
| So when next time you give a girl the eye she gives you that certain smile |
| Just remember under that woman’s breast may beat the heart of a child |
| Don’t you let yourself be the one to help a mixed up kids go wild |
| This story happened a lot that’s true |
| But you better hope and pray it never happens to you |