Aginst th’ Law

It's aginst th' law to walk, aginst th' law to talk

Against th' law to loaf, aginst th' law to work

Aginst th' law to read, aginst th' law to write

Aginst th' law to be a black or brown or white

Ever'thing's aginst th' law

I'm a low-pay daddy singing th' high-price blues

It's aginst th' law to eat, aginst th' law to drink

It's aginst th' law to worry, aginst th' law to think

It's aginst th' law to marry or to try to settle down

It's aginst th' law to ramble like a bum from town to town

Ever'thing's aginst th' law

I'm a low-pay daddy singing th' high-price blues

It's aginst th' law to come, aginst th' law to go

Aginst th' law to ride, aginst th' law to roll

Aginst th' law to hug, aginst th' law to kiss

Aganst th' law to shoot, aginst th' law to miss

Ever'thing's aginst th' law

I'm a low-pay daddy singing th' high-price blues

It's aginst th' law to gamble, it's aginst th' law to roam

It's aginst th' law to organize or try to build a home

Aginst th' law to sing, aginst th' law to dance

Aginst th' law to tell you th' trouble on my hands

Ever'thing in Winston Salem is aginst th' law

I'm a low-pay daddy singing th' high-price blues