That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang   That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang   All day long they work so hard till the sun is goin' down   Working on the highways and byways and wearin', wearin' a frown   Hear them moanin' their lives away   Then you hear somebody say   That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang   That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang      He don't love you, like I love you   If he did he wouldn't break your heart   He don't love you, like I love you   He's trying to tear us apart      Gonna find her, I'm gonna find her, I'm gonna find her   Oh, if I have to climb a mountain, you know I will   And if I have to swim a river, you know I will   And I might find her hidin' up on Blueberry Hill   How am I gonna find her, child, you know I will      Cause I'm goin' searchin'   I'm goin' searchin'   Searchin' everywhere   Just like some Northwest Mountie      That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang   That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang   All day long they work so hard till the sun is goin' down   Working on the highways and byways and wearin', wearin' a frown   Hear them moanin' their lives away   Then you hear somebody say   That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang   That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang      That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang