Work Song-Gregory Porter

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[00:00.00]Work Song - Gregory Porter
[00:03.16]Breaking up big rocks on the chain gang
[00:08.79]Breaking rocks and serving my time
[00:13.53]Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
[00:17.91]Cause I've been convicted of crime
[00:22.48]Hold it steady right there and let
[00:26.69]Me hit it well
[00:29.33]Well I reckon that ought to
[00:31.87]Get it yeah
[00:35.26]I've been working
[00:39.41]I've been working
[00:44.54]Oh well and I still
[00:48.70]Got so terribly long to go
[01:13.15]Breaking up big rocks on the
[01:14.91]Chain gang
[01:16.31]Breaking rocks and serving my time
[01:19.09]Breaking rocks out here on
[01:20.62]The chain gang
[01:22.08]Cause I've been convicted of crime
[01:24.87]Hold it steady right there
[01:26.26]And let me hit it
[01:27.99]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[01:30.35]I've been working
[01:31.73]I've been working
[01:33.22]And I still got so terribly long to go
[01:36.78]I've been convicted of crime
[01:38.40]Lord I needed
[01:39.87]A crime of being hungry and poor
[01:42.79]I left the grocery
[01:43.95]Store man bleeding
[01:45.86]When they caught me robbing his store
[01:48.76]Hold it steady right there
[01:50.10]Let me hit it
[01:51.92]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[01:54.31]I've been working I've been working
[01:57.12]And I still got so terribly
[01:58.68]Long to go
[02:00.50]I heard the judge say five years
[02:02.95]Of hard labor
[02:04.09]On a chain-gang you gonna go
[02:06.77]I heard that dirty judge
[02:08.07]Say five years of labor
[02:09.79]I heard my woman scream Lordy no
[02:12.32]Hold it steady right there
[02:14.04]And let me hit it
[02:15.41]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[02:17.70]I've been working I've been working
[02:21.04]And I still got so terribly long to go
[04:49.53]Wanna see my sweet honey baby
[04:52.54]Wanna break this chain off and run
[04:55.73]Wanna go lay down somewhere shady
[04:58.75]Cause it's sure goes hot
[05:00.56]Here in the sun
[05:01.85]Hold it steady right there
[05:03.35]And let me hit it
[05:04.73]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[05:07.37]I've been working I've been working
[05:10.62]Still got so terribly long to go
[05:14.23]Breaking up big rocks on the chain gang
[05:17.43]Breaking rocks and serving my time
[05:20.57]Breaking rocks out here
[05:21.75]On the chain gang
[05:23.50]Cause I've been convicted of crime
[05:26.49]Hold it steady right there
[05:27.99]And let me hit it
[05:29.67]Well I reckon that ought to get it
[05:32.28]I've been working I've been working
[05:35.75]Still got so terribly long to go
[05:38.17]I've been working I've been slaving
[05:41.27]Still got so terribly long to go
[05:44.12]I've been working I've been slaving
[05:53.36]And I still got so terribly long to go