My rooster crows at dawn My rooster crows at dawn He don't do nothin' when the dark come on You know it don't seem right It don't seem right Bird ought'a do somethin' 'bout it gettin' night I ain't the criminal kind I's never the criminal kind I just do a little pilfering from time to time So around Muscle Shoals So around Muscle Shoals I's crawling in a window, I got shot full of holes So it was at that time It was at that time I decided to forego my life of crime So I got me a guitar Oh I got me a guitar I play all night from some money in a jar I got me a suit of clothes I got a suit of clothes I rarely get home before my rooster crows My rooster crows at dawn My rooster crows at dawn He don't do nothin' when the dark come on