No matter how a boy is brought up
As a man he could still sink down
People have always told me someone
Who goes around must come around
And you can’t tell the devil "it’s a frame up"
When he calls your name up
This ain’t the way I came up
But it’s the way that I’m goin’ down
Poppa tried to tell me
The first time that I’d done wrong
You keep on truckin’ down this road you’re on
You’re gonna make the jailhouse your home
And you can’t tell the devil "it’s a frame up"
When he calls your name up
This ain’t the way I came up
But it’s the way that I’m goin’ down
Last time that I seen grandpa
He was layin’ on his dyin’ bed
Called over to his grandson
And this is what the old man said:
You can’t tell the devil "it’s a frame up"
When he calls your name up
This ain’t the way I came up
But it’s the way that I’m goin’ down
(Guitar Solo)
And listen to this grown man
Who’s dues have all been paid
I’m gonna save this line for the very last time
Before I lay down
In the bed I made
O’well you can’t tell the devil "it’s a frame up"
When he calls your name up
This ain’t the way I came up
But it’s the way that I’m goin’ down - no
And this ain’t the way I came up
But my cards are played up
Now it time to pay up
Cause I’m goin’ down
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Lyrics submitted by D.