Work Song

Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
 Breaking rocks and serving my time
 Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
 Because I been convicted of crime
 Hold it steady right there while I hit it
 Well, reckon that ought to get it
 Been working, I was working
 But I still got so terribly far to go
 I committed crime, Lord I needed
 Crime of being hungry and poor
 I left the grocery store man 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, I was working
 But I still got so terribly far to go
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 Gonna see my sweet honey baby
 Gonna break this chain off to run
 I'm gonna lay down somewhere shady
 Lord, it sure is hot in the sun
 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
 Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang, oh
 I been workin' and workin'
 But I still got so terribly far to go