i m sittin in knoxville courthouse ain t got a thing to do i don t wanna go to the movies couldn t if i wanted to cause i m on trial for lovin you now this all started in a honky tonk just the other side of town a girl come in took a stool by me ordered gin and drank it down she lit up a cigarette sexily turned around well she said my name is janie and asked me what was mine i answered hank as i walked to the jukebox droppin a dime checked out her short dress low neck line well we danced for five or ten minutes and i held her close to me kissed her lips and squeezed her hips and judged about twenty three whispered in my ears i said yes siree now the scene is a little motel out on the state highway there in room 12 a little love is about to take place and a state trooper breaks down the door shines a flashlight in my face i said what the hell is this and another man and woman come in and the girl i m with starts cryin and screamin and she runs over to them said thank god you re here he tried to hurt me mama i said now you don t mean the cop says son the girl is seventeen  so that s why i m in knoxville courthouse and the judge passed the sentence on me and it s ten long years for statutory rape in the state penitentiary lord i can t believe this is happened to me so when next time you give a girl the eye she gives you that certain smile just remember under that woman s breast may beat the heart of a child don t you let yourself be the one to help a mixed up kid go wild this story happened a lot that s true but you better hope and pray it never happens to you