Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
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Breaking rocks and serving my time
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Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
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Because they done convicted me of crime
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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well reckon that ought to get it
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been
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working and working
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but I still got so terribly far to go
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I commited crime Lord I needed
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Crime of being hungry and poor
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I left the grocery store man bleeding (breathing?)
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When they caught me robbing his store
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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Well reckon that ought to get it
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been
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working and working
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but I still got so terribly far to go
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I heard the judge say five years
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On chain-gang you gonna go
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I heard the judge say five years labor
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I heard my old man scream "Lordy, no!"
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Hold it right there while I hit it
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well reckon that ought to get it
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been
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working and working
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but I still got so terribly far to go
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Gonna see my sweet honey bee
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Gonna break this chain off to run
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Gonna lay down somewhere shady
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Lord I sure am hot in the sun
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Hold it right there while I hit it
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well reckon that ought to get it
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been
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workin' and workin'
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been
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workin' and slavin'
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an'
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workin' and workin'
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but I still got so terribly far to go
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Work Song
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| Nina Simone |
