Black and Blue

I been working so hard my backs near broke

My brows are wet and my throat's a choke

You sent me here for ten long years

I miss my whiskey I miss my beer

Ain't seen a gal since I don't know when

And the way you treat me won't see one again

Well, you can beat me

You can try to break me

Still I'll say to you

You'll never break my spirit

When my body's black and blue

Well in my arm there's a dreadful pain

It's hard digging ditches with a ball and chain

You broke my back cause I spat on a guard

That don't make me no better, that just makes me hard

Your water it stinks 'cause it comes from a bog

And the food you serve me ain't fit for a dog

You can beat me

You can try to break me

And still I'll say to you

You'll never break my spirit

When my body's black and blue