On a Monday, I was arrested (uh huh)
On a Tuesday,
they locked me in the jail (poor boy)
On a Wednesday, my trial was attested
On a Thursday they said guilty
and the judge's gavel fell
I got stripes, stripes
around my shoulders
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes,
stripes around my shoulders
And them chains, them chains,
they're 'bout to drag me down
On a Monday, I got my striped britches
On a Tuesday, got my ball and chain
On a Wednesday,
I'm working digging ditches
On a Thursday Lord I begged 'em
not to knock me down again
I got stripes, stripes
around my shoulders
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes,
stripes around my shoulders
And them chains, them chains,
they're 'bout to drag me down
On a Monday, my momma came to see me
On a Tuesday, they caught me with a file
On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary
On a Thursday Lord I start on
bread and water for a while
I got stripes, stripes
around my shoulders
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes,
stripes around my shoulders
And them chains, them chains,
they're 'bout to drag me down
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℗2014 Stingray Music Group
