歌曲名 I Work Down On The Chain Gang (Live From Second Fret, Philadelphia, Pa + May 17, 1962) 歌手名 Lightning Hopkins

作词：Sam Lightnin Hopkins

作曲：Sam Lightnin Hopkins

Yeah you know I worked on the railroad

I even worked down on that chain gang

Yeah you know I worked on the railroad

Oh boy and I worked down on the chain gang

Yeah you know I've been in a lots of trouble

Yes and I've been in mostly everything

Yeah they put me in jail when it was raining

Honey that was the best for me

Throwed me in the jail when it was raining

Honey that else the best for me

You know the jail kept me from getting wet

I didn't have no place to stay don't you see

When I was working on the chain gang

Ball and chain all around my leg

When I was working on the chain gang

Ball and chain all around my leg

I said please don't drive me too hard I'm an old man

They say we don't pay no attention to the age

He said who sent you down here boy

What did you break in this jail for

Who sent you down here boy

What did you break in this jail for

He say you look like a man who would kill your mother

And I believe he did

Oh boy what did you kill that old woman for

Sad time that I had to cry

I said Mister Jailer

Will you please Sir bring me the key

I said Mister Jailer

Will you please Sir bring me the key

I say I just want you to open the door

'Cause this ain't no place for me