I was walking down the street, minding my own affair
When two policemen grabbed me, unawares
They said, if your name's Herbie, I said, why sure
You're just a boy we've been looking for
Crazy, I was crazy
I never do nothing wrong, but I always get blamed
Framed
They put me in a line-up and let them bright lights shine
There were ten poor souls like me standing in that line
I knew I was the victim of some evil plan
When a stooge walked in and said, that's the man
I was framed, I was framed
I never do nothing wrong, but I always get blamed
Framed
The prosecuting attorney started prosecuting me
Man, that cat gave me the third degree
He said, where were you on the night of June 29th?
I said, I was home bed
He said, judge, this man is lying
Framed, I was framed
I never do nothing wrong, but I always get blamed
Framed
I denied the charges of robbing a liquor store
I denied the charges of carrying a .44
I denied the charges of vagrancy too
But when the judge came down, poured whiskey on my head
Turned me around to the jury and said, convict this man
He's drunk, what could I do?
Framed, I was framed
I never do nothing wrong, but I always get blamed
Framed
I was framed
He was framed
I was framed
He was framed
I was framed
He was framed
I was framed
He was framed
I was framed