• Song:

    I Got Stripes

  • Artist:

    Johnny Cash

  • Album:

    Songs of Our Soil

I Got Stripes
                                by Johnny Cash

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On a Monday, I was arrested. On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail. On a 
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Wednesday, my trial was attested. On a Thursday they said guilty and the 
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judge's gavel fell, I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders. I got chains,
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chains around my feet. I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders, and them
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chains them chains are about to drag me down. 

On a Monday, my mama come to see me. On a Tuesday, they caught me with a vial.
On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary. On a Thursday, I start on bread
and water for a while. I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders. I got chains,
chains around my feet. I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders, and them chains
them chains are about to drag me down. I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders.
I got chains, chains around my feet. I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders, and
them chains them chains they're about to drag me down.
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