Well I'm breaking rocks on the chain gang/ Breakin' rocks and serving the time/ Breaking rocks all day on the chain gang/ Cause I've been convicted of crime/ Hold it steady right there while I hit it/Well I reckon that ought to get it/Been workin' been workin' still got a long way to go/I commit the crime of being hungry/Crime of being needy and poor/Left the grocery store man a bleedin'/When he caught me robbing his store/Hold it steady right there while I hit it/Well I reckon that ought to get it/ Been workin' been workin' still got a long way to go/(Organ break)I wanna go and see my sweet baby/Wanna take these chains off and run/I wanna go somewhere cool and shady/Lord it sure gets hot in this sun/Hold it steady right there while I hit it/Well I reckon that ought to get it/Been workin' I've been workin' still got a long way to go/Somebody help me/(Guitar break) I commit the crime of being hungry/Crime of being needy and poor/I left that grocery store man a bleedin'/When he caught me robbin' his store/Hold it steady right there while I hit it/Well I reckon that ought to get it/I've been workin' been workin' but I still got a long way to go/ I heard the judge say five years of labor/To the chain gang you have to go/I heard the judge say five years of labor/I heard my woman scream lord no/Hold it steady right there while I hit it/Well I reckon one more time ought to get it/Been workin' been workin' but I still got a long way to go/I've been workin' been workin' but I still got a long way to go/Well I'm breaking rocks on the chain gang...