[Verse 1]

Excuse me, boss, I need some water

Temperature is gettin' hotter

On this old rock pile I'm workin' on today

Tell the boys it ain't no fun

Swingin' this hammer in the sun

Turn your back the color of the Georgia clay

Although I had a good life

I thought I had a good wife

'Til I found her in the arms of another man

Somethin' deep inside me snapped that day

A shotgun blew 'em both away

Now I'm stuck here in this prison 'til the end

[Chorus]

Ninety-five years with a ball and chain

Workin' in the hot sun and the pourin' rain

The day I put her in the ground

My life turned upside down

Ninety-five years full of tears and endless pain

[Verse 2]

Her pink gingham dresses

Blue eyes and golden tresses

Beauty to behold right from the start

She was a poor farmer's daughter

The fancy things I bought her

Couldn't melt the ice around her cold cold heart

I should have left her in that shack

Without ever lookin' back

I can't turn the clock back, it's too late

That beauty cut me like a knife

Put me in this pen for life

That evil-hearted woman sealed my fate

[Chorus]

Ninety-five years with a ball and chain

Workin' in the hot sun and the pourin' rain

The day I put her in the ground

My life turned upside down

Ninety-five years full of tears and endless pain

[Chorus]

Ninety-five years with a ball and chain

Workin' in the hot sun and the pourin' rain

The day I put her in the ground

My life turned upside down

Ninety-five years full of tears and endless pain

Ninety-five years full of tears and endless pain