I was walkin' down the street mindin' my own affair When two policemen grabbed me, unaware He say, “Is your name Henry?” I says, “Why sure” He says, “You the boy I've been lookin' for”
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed Well, I never knew nothin' but I always get framed, oh, framed
They took him in the line up and let those bright lights shine There was ten poor souls like me in that line I knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan When a stool pidgeon walked in and says, “That's your man”
I was framed, framed, I was blamed Oh, framed, framed, framed Well, I never knew nothin' but I always get framed
Well, the prosecutor turned and started a-prosecutin' me Man, that cat didn't give me the one but the third degree He says, “Where were you on the night of July 1953?” Man I was just home, just a tweedle-a-dee
I was framed, oh framed, I was blamed Oh, framed, framed, framed Well I never knew nothin' but I always get framed Oh framed, oh framed