Lyrics There Ain't No Good Chain Gang (with Waylon Jennings) - Waylon Jennings , Johnny Cash

Bet it ain't raining back home
Bet your sister's still on the phone
Bet momma's in the kitchen, cooking fried chicken
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong

Yeah, momma don't you worry about it none though
Everything's gonna be all right, momma
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here momma
Things like

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang

Papa's reading yesterday's mail
Wishing that the hay was all bailed
I bet he's wishing we could go fishing
Here I am laying in jail

Well, papa don't you worry about it none now
Everything's gonna be alright papa
They're teaching us a lesson a day we're learning pretty well too
We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already
Things like

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang

There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang