It’s aginst th’ law to walk, aginst th’ law to talk
Aginst 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
Aginst th’ law to worry, aginst th’ law to think
Aginst th’ law to marry or to try to settle down
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
Aginst 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
Aginst th’ law to organise or try to build a home
Aginst th’ law to sing, aginst th’ law to dance
Aginst th’ law to to tell y’all 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
Yea, you know me and my brother we was down in North Carolina not too far from Winston-Salem. 5-0 stop us trying to talk some stuff. I said the police might arrest me but the judge gonna set me free. Man made law like he know it.