Every morning by da break of day   Pick and shovel in my hand      Prove to the worlds I's a natural man   Don't not to hurt me but my back and spine    Don't have to worry 'bout my wife and chil'      Six months on the road you know is ain't no time   I got 1 to 99      Workin' on the road you know is mighty sad   Why I had to be so doggone bad?      Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey   Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey      would go home but aint no news   Jail house man won't let me go      If they ever let me go,    I won't be a bad boy no more      Six months on the road you know ain't no time   I doin 1 to 99      Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey   Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey      Have to work from sun to sun   When will I ever make it back home?      Workin on the road you know is mighty sad   Why'd Big Daddy have to be so bad?      If they ever let me go,   Big Daddy won't be a bad boy no more      Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey   Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey      Have to work from sun, sun to sun   When will I ever make it back home?      When will I ever make it back home?