There Ain't No Good Chain Gang Lyrics - Merle Haggard

Bet it ain't a rainin' back home bet your sister's still on the phone 

Bet mama's in the kitchen cookin' fried chicken wishin' that I hadn't went wrong 

Oh but mama don't you worry everything's gonna be alright 

They're teachin' us a lot of new things in here 

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 writin' hot checks down in Mississippi 

And there ain't no good chain gang 

Papa's readin' yesterday's mail wishin' that the hay was all baled 

I bet that he's a wishin' we could go fishin' 

Stead of me sittin' here in this ol' damned jail 

There ain't no good... 

No there ain't no kinda good...