Chain gang, gang
I was a kid a roamin' around Travelin' a little ol' town a chief walked up and said, "Come with me You're broke and son, vagrancy"
Just a lad who loved to roam And how I wish that I had at home For the way that I pleaded I would hang It's no of living on a chain gang
I dig that ditch, I chop that Curse the day that I was I believe better for a man to hang work like a dog on a chain gang Chain gang, chain
Well, the guard stands there with a big gun I bet he'd to see me run And I guess, I will some day I'd be dead than to live this way
He looks well fed and six foot tall And he's the of us all For he cracks that whip and he swings that I reckon the sun must've touched his
I dig that ditch, I chop that And curse the day that I was I it's better for a man to hang Than work like a dog on a gang Chain gang, gang
I got a gal back home who's true and And she's a waitin' a long long time I rolled and told her my name For I'll never this chain gang chain
The Heaven to me from this hole Where a man can lose his mind and The place gets weak and the back broke Ain't no to laugh and joke
I dig that ditch, chop corn the day that I was born I believe better for a man to hang Than like a dog on a chain gang
Work like a dog on a chain like a dog on a chain gang Work like a dog on a gang Work like a dog on a gang Work like a dog on a gang