(Chain gang chain gang) I was just a kid a roamin'
around travelin' through a little ol' town When a
chief walked up and said come with me you're broke
and son that's vagrancy Just a CAREFREE LAD
who loved to roam and how I wish that I had
stayed at home For the way that I pleaded I would
rather hang it's no life of living on a chain gang
I dig that ditch I chop that corn I curse the day
that I was born I believe it's better for a man to
hang than to work like a dog on a chain gang

(Chain gang chain gang) Well the guard stands
there with a great big gun I bet he'd love to see
me run And I guess I probably will some day I'd
rather be dead than to live this way He looks well
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all For he cracks that whip and he swings that
cane I reckon the sun must've touched his brain I
dig that ditch...

(Chain gang chain gang) I GOT a gal back home
who's true and kind and she's been a waitin' a
long long time I WROTE and told her forget my
name for I'll never lose this chain gang chain The
heaven to deliver me from this hole where a man
can lose his mind and soul The place gets weak and
the back gets broke ain't no cause to laugh and
joke I dig that ditch... Work like a dog on a
chain gang work like a dog on a chain gang