Chain Gang (Remastered 2019)-Johnny Cash/The Carter Family

[ti:Chain Gang] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Blood, Sweat And Tears] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Chain Gang (Remastered 2019) - Johnny Cash/The Carter Family [00:07.32]I was just a kid roamin' around [00:10.94]Travelin' through a little ol' town [00:14.15]A man walked up and said come with me [00:17.35]You're broke and son that's vagrancy [00:20.53]A carefree lad that love to roam [00:24.35]But Lord I wish I'd stayed at home [00:27.10]The way it looks I'll probably hang [00:30.16]'Cause there ain't no hope on a chain gang [00:33.60]I dig that ditch I chop that corn [00:36.82]I curse the day that I was born [00:40.06]I believe it's better for a man to hang [00:43.24]Than to work like a dog on a chain gang [00:53.42]The guard stands there with a great big gun [00:57.10]I bet he'd love to see me run [00:59.90]And I guess I probably will some day [01:03.32]I'd rather be dead than to live this way [01:06.76]He's well fed and he's six foot tall [01:10.06]And he's a meanest of them all [01:13.25]He cracks that whip and he swings that cane [01:16.86]That sun must've touched his brain [01:19.83]I dig that ditch I chop that corn [01:23.13]I curse the day that I was born [01:26.35]I believe it's better for a man to hang [01:29.58]Than to work like a dog on a chain gang [01:46.19]I got a gal back home that's sweet and kind [01:50.01]But she's been waitin' a long long time [01:53.54]I just told her to forget my name [01:56.68]I won't ever live down the shame [02:00.10]Lord deliver me from this hole [02:03.07]Before I lose my mind and soul [02:06.56]The flesh gets weak and the back gets broke [02:09.68]There ain't no 'cause to laugh and joke [02:13.04]I dig that ditch I chop that corn [02:16.36]I curse the day that I was born [02:19.65]I believe it's better for a man to hang [02:22.79]Than to work like a dog on a chain gang [02:26.67]Work like a dog on a chain gang [02:29.96]Work like a dog on a chain gang [02:33.55]Work like a dog on a chain gang