Chain Gang
Lonesome Pete's Liberation: Breaking Chains of Injustice
Lyrics
Police man caught me at night
Police caught me at night.
Put me in the county jail
Placed in the county jail.
Aint got no way out
Unable to find a way out.
Got a price put upon my head
A bounty placed on my head.
Boss man cut my chains
Employer releases me from labor.
Set me free from working
Freed from working on the chain gang.
On the chain gang
Reflection on the experience of chain gang labor.
Boss man sitting up there
Supervisor is in a position of power.
Got a gun pointing at my head
Feeling threatened with a gun aimed at the head.
Bring hammer down time again
Hammering down, indicating continued oppression.
Boss man cut my chains
Chains cut, temporary liberation from labor.
Set me free from working
Released from the toil of the chain gang.
On the chain gang
Reiteration of the experience on the chain gang.
Train coming down that track
Train symbolizing progress but built from suffering.
That's been built from the misery
Reflecting on the misery that led to progress.
Thise days must come to end
Expressing a desire for an end to those difficult days.
Been for far to long
Duration of suffering acknowledged as too long.
Boss man cut my chains
Chains cut again, freedom from labor reinstated.
Set me free from working
Liberated from the chain gang's toil.
On the chain gang
Reiteration of the chain gang experience.
No more pain
No more suffering or hardship.
Lord I'm coming home
Expressing a desire to return home to the Lord.
Been to long, since
It has been too long since feeling divine presence.
I've been in your arms
Expressing a longing to be in the arms of the Lord.
Done time, lay my burdon
Having served time, ready to release burdens.
Down sweet lord
Laying burdens down in the embrace of the Lord.
Never to return
A pledge to never return to the chain gang.
Workibg on the chain gang
Final reflection on the experience of working on the chain gang.
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