Work Song

every mornin finds me moanin
 life's a losing gamble to me
 cause of all the trouble i see
 everybody knows i'm moanin
 every evenin finds me moanin
 i'm alone and crying the blues
 i'm so tired of paying my dues
 Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
 Breaking rocks and serving my time
 Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang lord i've
 been convicted me of crime
 Hold it steady right there while I hit it
 well reckon that ought to get it
 been
 working and working
 but I still got a long way to go
 I commited crime Lord I needed
 Crime of being hungry and poor
 I left the grocery store man bleeding (breathing?)
 When they caught me robbing his store
 Hold it steady right there while I hit it
 Well reckon that ought to get it
 been
 working and working
 but I still got so terribly far to go
 I heard the judge say five years
 On chain-gang you gonna go
 I heard the judge say five years labor
 I heard my old man scream "Lordy, no!"
 Hold it right there while I hit it
 well reckon that ought to get it
 been
 working and working
 but I still got so terribly far to go
 gotta go make or break cause i'm grievin
 Gotta break this chain off to run
 and if the boss man stops me from leavin
 i tell you lord i'm gonna get him one
 Hold him steady right there while I hit him
 well reckon that ought to get it
 been
 workin' and workin'
 i got a long way to go