[ti:Workin' (Work Song) (Remaster)]
[ar:Joe Williams]
[al:Me and the Blues]
[by:]
[00:00.00]Workin' (Work Song) (Remastered) - Joe Williams
[00:00.91]Written by：Oscar Brown
[00:01.83]Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
[00:06.28]Breaking rocks and serving my time
[00:10.02]Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
[00:14.03]Because they done convicted me of crime
[00:17.95]Hold it steady right there while I hit it
[00:22.98]Well reckon that ought to get it
[00:25.35]Been working and working
[00:29.53]But I still got so terribly far to go
[00:34.75]I committed crime lord I needed
[00:39.11]Crime of being hungry and poor
[00:43.02]I left the grocery store man bleeding
[00:47.59]When they caught me robbing his store
[00:51.26]Hold it steady right there while I hit it
[00:56.19]Well reckon that ought to get it
[00:58.55]Been working and working
[01:02.89]But I still got so terribly far to go
[01:08.18]I heard the judge say five years labor
[01:12.66]On chain gang you gonna go
[01:16.63]I heard the judge say five years labor
[01:20.75]I heard my old man scream lordy no
[01:24.91]Hold it steady right there while I hit it
[01:29.71]Well reckon that ought to get it
[01:32.13]Been working and working
[01:36.34]But I still got so terribly far to go
[01:41.67]I want see my sweet honey bee
[01:45.82]I want break this chain off to run
[01:50.12]I want lay down somewhere shady
[01:54.14]Lord I sure am hot in the sun
[01:58.38]Hold it right there while I hit it
[02:03.65]Well reckon that ought to get it
[02:05.51]Been working and working
[02:09.37]Well I been working and working
[02:13.30]Well I been working and well well well been working
[02:20.71]Well well well I been working
[02:24.58]Oh yes I been working