Hoh ah, hoh, I hear something saying Hoh ah, hoh ah Uh ah, uh ah Well don't you know That's the sound of the men Working on the chain gang That's the sound of the men Working on the chain gang All day long they're saying, huh ah Huh ah, uh ah, uh ah Well don't you know That's the sound of the men Working on the chain gang That's the sound of the men Working on the chain gang All day long they work so hard Till the sun is going down Working on the highways and byways And wearing, wearing a frown You hear them moaning their lives away Then you hear somebody say That's the sound of the men Working on the chain gang That's the sound of the men Working on the chain gang Can't you hear them singing, mmm huh hah I'm going home one of these days I'm going home, see my woman Whom I love so dear But meanwhile, I gotta work right here That's the sound of the men Working on the chain gang That's the sound of the men Working on the chain gang All day long they're singing, mm huh ah My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hard Gimme water, I'm thirsty, my, my work is so hard Woah oh, y, my, my, my, my, my, my My work is so hard huh ah