Work Song
Nina Simone"Work Song" is a song by Nina Simone, released in 2021 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:14 long and contains 28 lines and 190 words.
Lyrics
0:01Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
0:05Breaking rocks and serving my time
0:09Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
0:13Cause they been convicted of crime
0:16Hold it steady right there while I hit it
0:21Well I reckon that ought to get it
0:24Been working and working
0:27But I still got so terribly far to go
0:32I commited crime lord I needed
0:36Crime of being hungry and poor
0:40I left the grocery store man bleeding
0:44When they caught me robbing his store
0:48Hold it steady right there while I hit it
0:52Well I reckon that ought to get it
0:55Been working and working
0:58But I still got so terribly far to go
1:33Gonna see my sweet honey baby
1:37Gonna break this chain off to run
1:41Gonna lay down somewhere shady
1:45Lord sure is hot in the sun
1:49Hold it steay right there while I hit it
1:53Well reckon that ought to get it
1:56Been working and working
1:59But I still got so terribly far to go
2:04Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
2:10Oh
2:12Been working and working
2:14But I still that so terribly far to go
Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang Breaking rocks and serving my time Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang Cause they been convicted of crime Hold it steady right there while I hit it Well I reckon that ought to get it Been working and working But I still got so terribly far to go I commited crime lord I needed Crime of being hungry and poor I left the grocery store man bleeding When they caught me robbing his store Hold it steady right there while I hit it Well I reckon that ought to get it Been working and working But I still got so terribly far to go Gonna see my sweet honey baby Gonna break this chain off to run Gonna lay down somewhere shady Lord sure is hot in the sun Hold it steay right there while I hit it Well reckon that ought to get it Been working and working But I still got so terribly far to go Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang Oh Been working and working But I still that so terribly far to go
Translation
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