I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now
Johnny Cash
I got rid of the shackles that bound me and the guards that were always around me
There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail
But I'm free from the chain gang now
Back home I was known and respected then one day I was wrongly suspected
So they put me in chains in a cold freezin' rain but I'm free from the chain gang now
[ guitar ]
All the years I was known by a number how I kept my mind is a wonder
And the bare prison cell that was one step from hell
But I'm free from the chain gang now
I prayed that the gossip will spare me when I return to the one I will marry
Like a bird in a tree I got my liberty and I'm free from the chain gang now
Sergeant Small
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I went broke in western Queensland in 1931,
Nobody would employ me so my swagging days begun
I headed out to Charlieville, out to the western towns,
I was on my way to Roma, destination Darling Downs
And my pants were getting ragged, my shoes were getting thin,
When we stopped in Mitchell, a goods train shunted in,
The engine blew her whistle, I was looking up to see,
She was on her way to Roma, that was very plain to me.
I wished that I was 16 stone and only seven foot tall,
I'd go back to western Queensland, and beat up Sergeant Small.
As I sat and watched her, inspiration seemed to grow,
And I remembered the government slogan, it's a railway that you ownÂ
So by the time the sun was setting, and night was going nigh,
So I gathered my belongings and I caught her on the fly.
And as we came into Roma, I tucked my head down low,
And a voice said any room mate? and I answered, Plenty Beu
Then at this tip this noble man, the voice of Sergeant Small,
Said, I'e trapped you very nicely, you're headed for a fall
I wished that I was 16 stone and only seven foot tall,
I'd go back to western Queensland, and beat up Sergeant Small.
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The Judge was very kind to me, he gave me thirty days,
He said, Maybe that would help to cure my rattler jumping ways
So if your down and outback, let me tell you what I think,
Just stay off the Queensland railways, it's a shortcut to the clink.
I wished that I was 16 stone and only seven foot tall,
I'd go back to western Queensland, and beat up Sergeant Small.
I'd go back to western Queensland, and beat up Sergeant Small.
Santana
Just because in a moment of madness
I took advantage of your sweet love
Don't just hand me a lifetime of sadness
'Cause there's so little of beauty
Oh baby, one chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
One punch don't make no fight
Can't you spare me a little affection
Would that be asking too much of you
Don't point love in another direction
I swear I'll make it all up to you
Oh baby, one chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
One punch don't make no fight
There's a bed I'm keeping room in for you
There's a lot I know I gotta do
Don't let as simple misunderstanding
Be a mountain that we can't move
Ooooh...one chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
One punch don't make no fight
One chain don't make no prison
Two wrongs don't make no right
One rain don't make no river
One punch don't make no fight
