Chain Gang lyrics

(Chain gang chain gang)

I was just a kid a roamin` around travelin` through a little ol` town

When a chief walked up and said come with me you`re broke and son that`s vagrancy

Just a carefully led who loved to roam and how I wish that I had stayed at home

For the way that I pleaded I would rather hang it`s no life of living on a chain gang

I dig that ditch I chop that corn I curse the day that I was born

I believe it`s better for a man to hang than to work like a dog on a chain gang



(Chain gang chain gang)

Well the guard stands there with a great big gun I bet he`d love to see me run

And I guess I probably will some day I`d rather be dead than to live this way

He looks well fed and six foot tall and he`s the meanest of us all

For he cracks that whip and he swings that cane I reckon the sun must`ve touched his brain

I dig that ditch...



(Chain gang chain gang)

I gat a gal back home who`s true and kind and she`s been a waitin` a long long time

I rolled and told her forget my name for I`ll never lose this chain gang chain

The heaven to deliver me from this hole where a man can lose his mind and soul

The place gets weak and the back gets broke ain`t no cause to laugh and joke

I dig that ditch...

Work like a dog on a chain gang work like a dog on a chain gang