No Chain - Yelly

(D. Lambert/B. Potter) Just because in a moment of madness I took advantage of your sweet love Don't just hand me a lifetime of sadness 'Cause there's so little of beauty Oh baby, one chain don't make no prison Two wrongs don't make no right One rain don't make no river One punch don't make no fight Can't you spare me a little affection Would that be asking too much of you Don't point love in another direction I swear I'll make it all up to you Oh baby, one chain don't make no prison Two wrongs don't make no right One rain don't make no river One punch don't make no fight There's a bed I'm keeping room in for you There's a lot I know I gotta do Don't let as simple misunderstanding Be a mountain that we can't move Ooooh... one chain don't make no prison Two wrongs don't make no right One rain don't make no river One punch don't make no fight One chain don't make no prison Two wrongs don't make no right One rain don't make no river One punch don't make no fight

He was black and handsome and mighty, mighty brave Comin' from the backwoods, the grandson of a slave He was caught for something they knew he'd never done And he was diggin' ditches out in the burnin' sun Working on the chain gang, no more Working on the chain gang, no more Working on the chain gang, no more Working on the chain gang, no more No more, no more, no more Man he was a giant and iron he could bend And he swore he'd fight them down to the bitter end Though he was no talker his burnin' eyes would say You may keep on tryin' can't hold me no way Working on the chain gang, no more Working on the chain gang, no more Working on the chain gang, no more Working on the chain gang, no more No more, no more, no more And one night he lay in waiting Hit the guard and took the key And before the others caught him He jumped out and he was free He jumped out and he was free He made for the swamp lands it seemed a hopeless duel They had dogs and shotguns and they were mighty cruel But they couldn't find him, he was too smart and strong Hiding' in the daytime, wandering all night long Working on the chain gang, no more Working on the chain gang, no more Working on the chain gang, no more

Bet it ain't raining back home Bet your sister's still on the phone Bet Momma's in the kitchen, cooking fried chicken Wishing that I hadn't done wrong Momma, don't you worry about it none though Everything's gonna be all right, Momma They're teaching us a lot of new things in here Momma 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 And here I am a-laying in jail Well, Papa, don't you worry about it none now Everything's gonna be all right, Papa They're teaching us a lesson a day we're learning pretty well too 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 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

Just because in a moment of madness I took advantage of your sweet love Don't just hand me a lifetime of sadness When there's so little I'm guilty of One chain don't make no prison Two wrongs don't make no right One rain don't make no river One punch don't make no fight Can you spare me a little affection Would that be askin' too much of you Don't point love in another direction I swear I'll make it all up to you One chain don't make no prison Two wrongs don't make no right One rain don't make no river One punch don't make no fight Can you hear, baby? There's a bed I'm keepin' empty for you There's a lot I know I got to prove Don't let a simple misunderstanding Be a mountain that we can't move Ooh, ooh, baby One chain don't make no prison Two wrongs don't make no right One rain don't make no river One punch don't make no fight One chain don't make no prison Two wrongs don't make no right One rain don't make no river One punch don't make no fight