Framed Lyrics - The Coasters

I was walkin' down the street mindin' my own affair 

When two policemen grabbed me, unaware 

He say, "Is your name Henry?" I says, "Why sure" 

He says, "You the boy we've been lookin' for" 

Framed, I was framed 

I never do nothin' wrong 

But I always get blamed, framed 

They took him in the line up and let those bright lights shine 

There was ten poor souls like me in that line 

I knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan 

When a stool pidgeon walked in and says, "That's the man" 

Framed, I was framed 

I never do nothin' wrong 

But I always get blamed, framed 

Well, the prosecutor turned and started a-prosecutin' me 

Man, that cat didn't give me the third degree 

He says, "Where were you on the night of July 1953?" 

I said I was home in bed, he says "jury, this man is lyring" 

Framed, I was framed 

I never do nothin' wrong 

But I always get blamed, framed 

I denied charge of robbing the liquor store 

Denied the charge of carrying a forty-four 

Denied the charge of vagrancy, too 

But when the judge came down, poured whiskey on my head 

Turned around to the jury and said "Convict this man, he a drunk," what could I do? 

Framed, I was framed 

I never do nothin' wrong 

But I always get blamed, framed, feel my pain 

I was framed (he was blamed) 

I was framed (he was blamed) 

I got framed (he was blamed)