Livin' on a Chain Gang

Turn on the TV, ´cause I got nowhere

to go

Seems that 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

Hell-bent on submission and 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 rockpile - getting

dusted in the heat

Shackled to the system - and

draggin´ my feet

I´m riding on a breakdown - another

whiteknuckled shakedown

Feels like I´m livin´ on a chain gang

I´m riding on a breakdown - a suicidal

shakedown

Feels like I´m livin´ on a chain gang

A con man´s intuition can wash

your sins away

Send your contribution and he´ll save

your soul today

What can he know, has he been

through 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

whiteknuckled shakedown

Feels like I´m livin´ on a chain gang

I´m riding on a breakdown - a suicidal

shakedown

Feels like I´m livin´ on a chain gang

Faith healin´, superstition

Cold-blooded criminal mind

Getting off on high position

Hey brother can you spare a dime

To get me off this slaughter line

I´m riding on a breakdown - another

whiteknuckled shakedown

Feels like I´m livin´ on a chain gang

I´m riding on a breakdown - a suicidal

shakedown

Feels like I´m livin´ on a chain gang

I´m riding on a breakdown - another

whiteknuckled shakedown

Feels like I´m livin´ on a chain gang

I´m riding on a breakdown - a suicidal

shakedown

Feels like I´m livin´ on a chain gang