I was standin' on the corner I did not mean no harm
I was standin' on the corner I just sorta looking 'round
Now then the police come up and arrest me lord and he
carried me
down
Now he take me to the station and he left me there alone
Now he take me to the station and he left me there alone
I gotta thinking about my poor women lord and my wife
at hom
Now down in my police station wander 'round there all
night long
Now down in my police station wander 'round there all
night long
You gotta sleep on a plank now lordy wit' your head on
your
right arm
Gonna write a letter to my mother momma please send for
me
Gonna write a letter to my mother momma please send for
me
Come down here in this old station you don't know
how they're
treating me