I Got Stripes – English Lyrics

• By: Johnny Cash

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

On a Monday I was arrested

On a Tuesday they locked me in the jail

On a Wednesday my trial was attested

On a Thursday they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell

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 'bout to drag me down

On a Monday got my striped britches

On a Tuesday got my ball and chain

On a Wednesday I'm workin' diggin' ditches

On a Thursday, Lord, I begged 'em not to knock me down again

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 'bout to drag me down

On a Monday my momma come to see me

On a Tuesday they caught me with a file

On a Wednesday I'm down in solitary

On a Thursday, Lord, 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, they're 'bout to drag me down

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