《Chain Gang Special》歌词

[00:00:00] Lost John - Woody Guthrie

[00:00:11] Gonna tell you the story

[00:00:12] About old Lost John

[00:00:18] Lost John was a boy that got loose

[00:00:20] From a chain gang down in Louisiana

[00:00:26] About sixteen bloodhound, took in after him

[00:00:30] Sheriffs, deputies

[00:00:32] And everybody else in the county

[00:00:34] Chasin him all across the swamp

[00:00:41] Lost John outrun the bloodhounds there

[00:00:43] All night long, it was long towards mornin

[00:00:49] He looked up to the tree there

[00:00:51] And seen the lights from a house

[00:00:53] He didnt know whether the people inside

[00:00:55] Was friends or were enemies

[00:00:58] So he wanted to go up to the house

[00:01:00] So, and asked if he could stay there

[00:01:02] To get away from the bloodhounds

[00:01:03] He was afraid if he did go up there

[00:01:05] People might That the set their dogs

[00:01:07] Barking at him or shoot him down

[00:01:10] With a Winchester riffle

[00:01:13] This is the story about Lost John

[00:04:01] Old Lost John aint lost no more