Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now, artist - Ernest Tubb. Date of issue: 19.11.2019
Song language: English
I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now |
| The warship had landed and night come ashore |
| The fighting was over for me ever more |
| For I had been wounded they left me forget |
| A stone for my pillow and snow for my bed |
| The enemy found me and took me away and made me a prisoner of war so they say |
| But God in his mercy was with me one day the gate was left open and I ran away |
| I returned to the old home my sweet wife to see |
| The home I had built for my darling and me |
| The door I then opened and there on the stand I saw a picture of her and the man |
| The clothes she was wearing told me the sad tale |
| My darling was wearing a new bridal veil |
| Then I found a letter and these words I read missing in action she thought I |
| was dead |
| So I kissed her picture and whispered goodbye |
| My poor heart was breaking but my eyes were dry |
| I knew it was too late for her now to learn |
| I knew she must never know I had returned |
| A vagabond dreamer forever I’ll roam |
| Because there was no one to welcome me home |
| The face of my darling no more I shall see for missing in action forever I’ll be |