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Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang |
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Breaking rocks and serving my time |
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Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang |
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Because they done convicted me of crime |
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it |
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Well, reckon that ought to get it |
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Been working and working |
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But I still got so terribly far to go |
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I committed crime Lord I needed |
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Crime of being hungry and poor |
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I left the grocery store man breathing |
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When they caught me robbing his store |
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it |
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Well, reckon that ought to get it |
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Been working and working |
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But I still got so terribly far to go |
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I heard the judge say five years |
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On chain-gang you gonna go |
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I heard the judge say five years labor |
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I heard my old man scream Lordy, no! |
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Hold it right there while I hit it |
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Well, reckon that ought to get it |
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Been working and working |
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But I still got so terribly far to go |
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Gonna see my sweet honey bee |
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Gonna break this chain off to run |
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I'm gonna lay down somewhere shady |
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Lord, I sure am hot in the sun |
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Hold it right there while I hit it |
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Well, reckon that ought to get it |
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Been workin' and workin' |
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Been workin' and slavin' |
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An' workin' and workin' |
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But I still got so terribly far to go |
