[Verse 1]
Bet it isn't raining back home
Bet your sister's still on the phone
Bet Mamma's in the kitchen, cooking fried chicken
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
Yeah, Mamma, don't you worry about it none though
Everything's going to be all right, Mamma
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here Mamma
Things like
[Chorus]
There is no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I'm not cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot cheques down in Mississippi
And there is no good chain gang
[Verse 2]
Papa's reading yesterday's mail
Wishing that the hay was all baled
I bet he's wishing we could go fishing
And here I am laying in jail
Well, Papa, don't you worry about it none now
Everything's going to be all right, Papa
They're teaching us a lesson a day we're learning pretty well too
We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already
Things like
[Chorus x4]
There is no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I'm not cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot cheques down in Mississippi
And there is no good chain gang