Sam Cooke-Chain Gang lyrics

SOUND>interspersed with (hooh! aah! hooh!)   
 
  
  I hear somethin` sayin`   
 
  
    
 
  
  (hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)   
 
  
  (hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)   
 
  
    
 
  
    
 
  
  (Well, don`t you know)   
 
  
  That`s the sound of the  
 men working on the chain ga-a-ang   
 
  
  That`s the sound of the  
 men working on the chain gang   
 
  
    
 
  
  All day long they`re singin`   
 
  
  (hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)   
 
  
  (hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)   
 
  
    
 
  
  (Well, don`t you know)   
 
  
  That`s the sound of the  
 men working on the chain ga-a-ang   
 
  
  That`s the sound of the  
 men working on the chain gang   
 
  
    
 
  
  All day long  
 they work so hard   
 
  
  Till the sun is goin` down   
 
  
  Working on the highways and byways   
 
  
  And wearing, wearing a frown   
 
  
  You hear them  
 moanin` their lives away   
 
  
  Then you hear somebody sa-ay   
 
  
    
 
  
  That`s the sound of the  
 men working on the chain ga-a-ang   
 
  
  That`s the sound of the  
 men working on the chain gang   
 
  
    
 
  
  Can`t ya hear them singin`   
 
  
  Mm, I`m goin` home  
 one of these days   
 
  
  I`m goin` home see my woman   
 
  
  Whom I love so dear   
 
  
  But meanwhile I got  
 to work right he-ere   
 
  
    
 
  
  (Well, don`t you know)   
 
  
  That`s the sound of the  
 men working on the chain ga-a-ang   
 
  
  That`s the sound of the  
 men working on the chain gang   
 
  
    
 
  
  All day long they`re singin`, mm   
 
  
  My, my, my, my, my, my,  
 my, my, my work is so hard   
 
  
  Give me water, I`m thirsty   
 
  
    
 
  
  FADE   
 
  
  My work is so hard