Got a letter this morning
Came from my baby
She told me that she missed me
She that she was lonely
Was more than she could stand
If I didn't hurry on home
She's find herself another man

But I'm stuck out here
On this lonely, lonely chain gang
And I can't get away
No, I can't get away
No, I can't get back home
To my baby

i've got to find a way
To get back home to my baby
Before she finds herself another man
But I got this lump of chain
All tied around my leg
And the only one who can help me
Is the Lord above

But I'm stuck out here
On this lonely, lonely chain gang
And I can't get away
No, I can't get away
No, I can't get back home
To my baby

Said I'm stuck out here
On this lonely, lonely chain gang
And I can't get away
No, I just can't get away
I got the sun shinning round down on my back
No, I can't get back home
To my baby.....
