Livin' on a Chain Gang

Turn on the TV cause I got nowhere to go

It seems like there's a little trouble down in Mexico

A 13 year old boy robs a store so he can eat

And they got him doing time while killers walk the streets

A hungry politician is the wolf that's at the door

He's hellbent on submission and he's feedin' on the poor

We could stare into the sun if we would open up our eyes

But we paint ourselves into a corner colored in white lies

Busted on a rock pile

Getting dusted in the heat

Shackled to the system

And draggin' my feet

I'm riding on a breakdown

Another white knuckled shakedown

Feels like I'm livin' on a chain gang

I'm riding on a breakdown

Suicidal shakedown

Feels like I'm livin' on a chain gang

A common situation can wash your sins away

Send your contribution and he'll save your soul today

What does he know has he been to hell and back

He takes the cash and drives it home in a brand new Cadillac

Spitting at the guard dog

Burning in his wicked deal

Screamin' down the railroad

With no one at the wheel

I'm riding on a breakdown

Another white knuckled shakedown

Feels like I'm livin' on a chain gang

Faith healin' superstition

Coldblooded criminal mind

Getting off on a high position

Hey brother can you spare a dime

I'm riding on a breakdown

Another white knuckled shakedown

Feels like I'm livin' on a chain gang

I'm riding on a breakdown

Suicidal shakedown

Feels like I'm livin' on a chain gang

I'm riding on a breakdown

Another white knuckled shakedown

Feels like I'm livin' on a chain gang

I'm riding on a breakdown

Suicidal shakedown

Feels like I'm livin' on a chain gang