Work Song
Been breaking rocks on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Been breaking rocks on the chain gang
Cause I've been comiting a crime
Hold it steady right there, I wanna hit it
Been breaking down on the gate
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
I committed crime Lord I'm bleeding
Crime of greed and hunger and poor
Left the grocery store man breathing
Cause they caught me robbing his store
Hold it steady right there, I wanna hit it
Been breaking down on the gate
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
When the judge said five years of labour
On chain-gang you gonna go
When the judge said five years labor
I heard my woman scream Lord, no!
Hold it steady right there, I wanna hit it
Been breaking down on the gate
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
I wanna see my sweet honey baby
Wanna take this chains off and run
Wanna lay down somewhere where the shade is
Lord knows it's been hot in the sun
Hold it steady right there, I wanna hit it
Been breaking down on the gate
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Been breaking rocks on the chain gang
Cause I've been comiting a crime
Hold it steady right there, I wanna hit it
Been breaking down on the gate
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
I committed crime Lord I'm bleeding
Crime of greed and hunger and poor
Left the grocery store man breathing
Cause they caught me robbing his store
Hold it steady right there, I wanna hit it
Been breaking down on the gate
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
When the judge said five years of labour
On chain-gang you gonna go
When the judge said five years labor
I heard my woman scream Lord, no!
Hold it steady right there, I wanna hit it
Been breaking down on the gate
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
I wanna see my sweet honey baby
Wanna take this chains off and run
Wanna lay down somewhere where the shade is
Lord knows it's been hot in the sun
Hold it steady right there, I wanna hit it
Been breaking down on the gate
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
I've been workin, I've been workin
And I still got a long way to go
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Writer(s): Nathaniel Adderley, Oscar Brown Jr.
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