(With Waylon Jennings)
Bet it ain't a raining back home
Bet your sister's still on the phone
Bet mama's in the kitchen
Cooking fried chicken
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
Yeah
Mama, don't you worry about it none though
Everything's gonna be alright, mama
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here, mama
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
And here I am a 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 today
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