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I Got Stripes (Live) Lyrics by Dale Watson

Live Deluxe...Plus

2002

[Verse 1]
On a Monday, I was arrested
On a Tuesday, they got me in a cell
On a Wednesday, my trial was attested
Yeah, the judge, he found me guilty, and then his gavel fell
[Chorus]
I got stripes, stripes across my shoulders
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes across my shoulders
Yeah, them chains, them chains, they're gonna drag me down
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
On a Monday, my mama come to see me
On a Tuesday, they caught me with her file
On a Wednesday, I'm stuck in solitary
On a Thursday, in the hot sun breaking rocks in a pile
[Chorus]
I got stripеs, stripes across my shoulders
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripеs across my shoulders
And them chains, them chains, they're gonna drag me down
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Now on a Monday, I got my striped britches
On a Tuesday, hey, I got my ball and chain
On a Wednesday, they got me diggin' ditches
On a Thursday, God, I begged 'em not to knock me down again
[Chorus]
I got stripes, stripes across my shoulders
I got chains, chains around my feet
I got stripes, stripes across my shoulders
And them chains, them chains, they're gonna drag me down
[Outro]
Them chains, them chains, they're gonna drag me down
Down, down, down, down, down, down
[Interlude]
Hey, thank you all
Credits
Dale Watson

Dale Watson

About “I Got Stripes (Live)” by Dale Watson

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"I Got Stripes (Live)" appears on "Live Deluxe...Plus" in 2002.

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