I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now - Jorma Kaukonen

I got rid of the shackles that bound me

And the guards who were always around me

Like a bird in the tree, have found my liberty

And I’m free from the chain gang now

Long ago I was known and respected

Then one day I was forcedly suspected

And they put me in chains working out in the rain

But I’m free from that chain gang now

I know my mother’s poor heart was broken

'Cause she knew that an untruth was spoken

There were tears on the mail that she sent me in jail

But I’m free from the chain gang now

All the years I was known by a number

Were just years that I spent without slumber

After long years of shame I have won back my name

And I’m free from the chain gang now

Now I’m goin' back home to another

She my sweetheart who’s waiting with mother

And I’ll dry all the tears that’s been shedding for years

'Cause I’m free form the chain gang now