Bet it ain't raining back home

Bet my sister's still on the phone

Bet momma's in the kitchen cooking fried chicken

Wishing that I hadn't done wrong

Yeah momma don't you worry about it none

It's gonna be all right

They're teaching me a lot of new things in here

Things like

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

And I ain't cut out to be no jesse james

And you don't go writing hot cheques down

In mississippi

And there ain't no good chain gang

Papa's reading yesterday's mail

Wishing that the hay was all baled

I bet he's a-wishing we could go fishing

Stay on me is saking in the jail

Well papa don't you worry about it none now

Everything's gonna be all right

They're teaching a lesson

We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already

Things like

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

And I ain't cut out to be no jesse james

And you don't go writing hot cheques down

In mississippi

And there ain't no good chain gang

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

And I ain't cut out to be no jesse james

And you don't go writing hot cheques down

In mississippi

And there ain't no good chain gang

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman

And I ain't cut out to be no jesse james

And you don't go writing hot cheques down

In mississippi

And there ain't no good chain gang