There Ain't No Good Chain Gang

Bet it ain't a rainin' back home

Bet your sister's still on the phone

Bet Mama's in the kitchen

Cookin' fried chicken

Wishin' that I hadn't done wrong

Yeah, Mama, don't you worry about it none though

Everything's gon' be alright, Mama

They're teaching us a lot of new things in here, Mama

Things like

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James

And you don't go writin' hot checks down in Mississippi

And there ain't no good chain gang

Papa's readin' yesterday's mail

Wishin' that the hay was all bailed

I bet he's wishin', he could go fishin'

Here I am a-layin' in jail

Well, Papa, don't you worry about it none now

Everything's gon' be alright, Papa

They're teaching us a lesson today

We're learnin' pretty well, too

We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already

Things like

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James

And you don't go writin' hot checks down in Mississippi

And there ain't no good chain gang

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James

And you don't go writin' hot checks down in Mississippi

And there ain't no good chain gang

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James

And you don't go writin' hot checks down in Mississippi

And there ain't no good chain gang

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James

And you don't go writin' hot checks down in Mississippi

And there ain't no good chain gang