Ain’t Living Long Like This
Song Information
Song Title
Ain’t Living Long Like This
Song Origin
Cover
Written By
Rodney Crowell
Made Famous By
Waylon Jennings , Rodney Crowell
Song Stats
Shortest Version
04:07 (2022-07-03)
Longest Version
16:02 (2023-07-23)
Total Times Played
19
Longest Gap
2022-07-0347 2023-02-04
Longest Streak
Song Charts
Shows with Ain’t Living Long Like This
  • The Bluebird - Bloomington, Indiana 2024-11-02
    Set One
    Hi-Country, Halfway (In Between) > , Forgotten Days > , Valhalla > , I Shall Be Released 1, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), At The Ball 2, Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train
    Set Two
    Locomotive #9, Rose In A Garden, Fox On The Run > , 'Til The Daylight, Workin' Man Blues, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Doggone Cowboy > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Ain’t Living Long Like This, Got My Mojo Workin' 3, Luck Of The Draw, Sugar Leg Rag
    Encore
    Boogie Man
  • Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, New York 2024-10-24
    Set One
    Rose In A Garden, Locomotive #9, Honky Tonk Night Time Man > 1, Orange Blossom Special, 'Til The Daylight > , Darlin’ Cory, Big Iron > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Hi-Country
    Set Two
    Halfway (In Between) > , Forgotten Days > 2, Valhalla, Tell Me I’m A Lover 3, Gotta Get Southbound, Another Dimension, Prairie Spin, Are You Ready For The Country, Edge Of The Mountain 4, For A Long Time > 5, Chore 6
    Encore
    Ain’t Living Long Like This
  • Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, Pennsylvania 2024-10-20
    Set One
    Honky Tonk Night Time Man > , Locomotive #9 > , Rose In A Garden, Love's Gonna Live Here, I Saw The Light, Driftin’ 1, Honky Tonkin’, Blame The Train, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Playing Your Game > 1, Boogie Man > , Ain’t Living Long Like This
    Set Two
    See Through, Halfway (In Between) > , Forgotten Days > 2, Valhalla, Glory, Glory, Hallelujah 3, Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train , Justice > , Jessica
    Encore
    Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
  • Duling Hall - Jackson, Mississippi 2024-10-04
    Set One
    Rose In A Garden, Cosmic Country Gardens, Tupelo County Jail, Waitin' For A Train, Truck Drivin' Man, Translation, Driftin’ 1, Blame The Train, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel
    Set Two
    Got My Mojo Workin' 2, Prairie Spin, Forgotten Days > , Valhalla > , Why You Been Gone So Long > , Cigar Time, Yonder, Ain’t Living Long Like This
    Encore
    Always Been A Lover
  • Greenfield Lake Amphitheater - Wilmington, North Carolina 2024-09-29
    Set One
    Ain’t Living Long Like This, Justice > , Jessica, Hard To Tell > , Freedom Jazz Dance, Halfway (In Between), Fourteen Carat Mind, Drivin' Nails In My Coffin, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel
    Set Two
    Weathervane > , Gotta Get Southbound > , Faded Lovin' > , Angel From Montgomery > , Got My Mojo Workin' > 1, Sliced Milk > , Got My Mojo Workin' (Reprise) > 1, Weathervane (Reprise) > , Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence) > , Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag > , Weathervane (Reprise)
    Encore
    Half Moon Night
  • Annapolis Baygrass Festival - Annapolis, Maryland 2024-09-22
    Set One
    Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Darlin’ Cory, Blame The Train, Big Iron > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Ain’t Living Long Like This 1, Hi-Country, Passing Storm, Dance In The Desert 2, Respect 3 4
  • The Stone Pony Summer Stage - Asbury Park, New Jersey 2024-07-04
    Set One
    Ain’t Living Long Like This, Justice > , Jessica, Sugar Shack 1 2, Good Old American Guest 1, Half Moon Night > , Arkansas Traveler, Ten Feet Of Rope > 3, Double Exposure
  • Old Town Pub - Steamboat Springs, Colorado 2024-06-16
    Set One 1
    Locomotive #9, Love's Gonna Live Here, 'Til The Daylight, Translation, Big Iron > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental) 2, Tell Me I’m A Lover 3, Gotta Get Southbound > , Angel From Montgomery
    Set Two
    You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Two Hills, For A Long Time > 4, Chore, Sugar Shack 3, Boogie Man, Edge Of The Mountain 5
    Encore 6
    Ain’t Living Long Like This, Where Corn Don't Grow
  • Mesa Theater - Grand Junction, Colorado 2024-06-11
    Set One
    Why You Been Gone So Long > , Cigar Time, Halfway (In Between), Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Sittin' On Top Of World, Translation, Doggone Cowboy > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
    Set Two
    Ain’t Living Long Like This, Sugar Shack 1, Passing Storm, Illusions (Pretty Picture), Edge Of The Mountain 2, Dance In The Desert 3
    Encore
    Love's Gonna Live Here > , Arkansas Traveler
  • The Windjammer - Isle Of Palms, South Carolina 2024-05-11
    Set One
    My Window Faces The South, Love's Gonna Live Here, Sea Of Heartbreak, Arkansas Traveler, Forgotten Days > , Valhalla, Faded Lovin', Truck Drivin' Man, Translation, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence)
    Set Two
    Passing Storm, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Sugar Shack, Ain’t Living Long Like This, Banks Of The Ohio, Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert
    Encore
    Jack-A-Roe > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
Lyrics

I look for trouble, and I found it son.

Straight down the barrel of a law man's gun.

I tried to run, but I don't think I can.

You make one move,

And you're a dead man friend.


Ain't living long like this.

Can't live at all like this, can I baby?

He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back.

And left me reeling on a steel reel rack.

They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby.

Ain't living long like this.

Can't live at all like this, can I baby?


Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives.

Son of a car-hop and some all night dives.

Dad drove a stock car to an early death.

All I remember was a drunk man's breath.


Ain't living long like this.

Can't live at all like this, can I baby?

You know the story,

How the wheel goes 'round?

Don't let them take you to the man downtown.

Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse, baby.

Ain't living long like this.

Can't live at all like this, can I baby?


I live with Angel, she's a roadhouse queen.

Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee.

I want to love her, but I don't know how.

I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now.


Ain't living long like this.

Can't live at all like this, can I baby?

You know the story about the jailhouse rock?

Don't want to do it but just don't get caught.

They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby.

Ain't living long like this.

Can't live at all like this, can I baby?