Work Song Lyrics

Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
Breaking rocks and serving my time
Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
Because they done convicted me of crime

Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
Been working and working
But I still got so terribly far to go

I committed crime Lord I needed
Crime of being hungry and poor
I left the grocery store man breathing
When they caught me robbing his store

Hold it steady right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
Been working and working
But I still got so terribly far to go

I heard the judge say five years
On chain-gang you gonna go
I heard the judge say five years labor
I heard my old man scream Lordy, no!

Hold it right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
Been working and working
But I still got so terribly far to go

Gonna see my sweet honey bee
Gonna break this chain off to run
I'm gonna lay down somewhere shady
Lord, I sure am hot in the sun

Hold it right there while I hit it
Well, reckon that ought to get it
Been workin' and workin'
Been workin' and slavin'
An' workin' and workin'
But I still got so terribly far to go

Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Jun 1989

1. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
2. The Last Rose Of Summer
3. Ne Me Quitte Pas
4. Work Song
5. Little Girl Blue
6. Trouble In Mind
7. Strange Fruit
8. Love Me Or Leave Me
9. Come Ye
10. I Put A Spell On You
11. Don't Explain
12. Wild Is The Wind
13. What More Can I Say?
14. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
15. I Loves You Porgy
16. Mississippi Goddam