Chain Gang

[00:00.40] I was just a kid roamin' around [00:09.79] Travelin' through, a little ol' town [00:12.96] A man walked up and said come with me [00:16.26] You're broke and son that's vagrancy [00:19.64] A carefree lad that love to roam [00:22.91] But Lord I wish I'd stayed at home [00:26.07] The way it looks I'll probably hang [00:29.11] 'Cause there ain't no hope on a chain gang [00:32.72] I dig that ditch, I chop that corn [00:35.84] I curse the day that I was born [00:39.04] I believe it's better for a man to hang [00:42.31] Than to work like a dog on a chain gang [00:46.25] The guard stands there with a great big gun [00:55.78] I bet he'd love to see me run [00:59.13] And I guess, I probably will some day [01:02.36] I'd rather be dead than to live this way [01:05.65] He's well fed and he's six foot tall [01:09.09] And he's a meanest of them all [01:12.43] He cracks that whip and he swings that cane [01:15.66] That sun must've touched his brain [01:18.97] I dig that ditch, I chop that corn [01:22.15] I curse the day that I was born [01:25.46] I believe it's better for a man to hang [01:28.80] Than to work like a dog on a chain gang [01:34.07] I got a gal back home that's sweet and kind [01:48.83] But she's been waitin' a long, long time [01:52.30] I just told her to forget my name [01:55.57] I won't ever live down the shame [01:58.75] Lord, deliver me from this hole [02:02.12] Before I lose my mind and soul [02:05.50] The flesh gets weak and the back gets broke [02:08.85] There ain't no 'cause to laugh and joke [02:12.01] I dig that ditch, I chop that corn [02:15.38] I curse the day that I was born [02:18.51] I believe it's better for a man to hang [02:21.97] Than to work like a dog on a chain gang [02:25.88] Work like a dog on a chain gang [02:28.99] Work like a dog on a chain gang [02:32.37] Work like a dog on a chain gang [02:40.00]