I Got Stripes lyrics

On a Monday, I was arrested (uh huh)

On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail (poor boy)

On a Wednesday, my trial was attested

On a Thursday, they said guilty, and the judge's gavel fell

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders

I got chains, chains around my feet

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders

And them chains, them chains, they're about to drag me down

On a Monday, got my striped britches (uh huh)

On a Tuesday, got my ball and chain (poor boy)

On a Wednesday, I'm workin' diggin' ditches

On a Thursday, Lord, I'd begged them not to knock me down again

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders

I got chains, chains around my feet

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders

And them chains, them chains, they're about to drag me down

On a Monday, my momma come to see me (uh huh)

On a Tuesday, they caught me with a file (poor boy)

On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary

On a Thursday, Lord, I start on bread and water for a while

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders

I got chains, chains around my feet

I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders

And them chains, them chains, they're about to drag me down

• Artist:Johnny Cash
• Album:I Walk the Line (1988)