Knoxville Courthouse Blues Lyrics - Hank Williams Jr.

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 

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