It's been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come
Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody.
I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.
Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.
I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.
It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I'm not making a lot of money now either!