Johnny Cash - I’m Free from the Chain Gang Now

American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)

I got rid of the shackles that bound me and the guards that were always around me
There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail
But I’m free from the chain gang now
Back home I was known and respected then one day I was wrongly suspected
So they put me in chains in a cold freezing rain but I’m free from the chain gang now
All the years I was known by a number how I kept my mind is a wonder
But like a bird in a tree I got my liberty and I’m free from the chain gang now
I got rid of the shackles that bound me and the guards that were always around me
There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail
But I’m free from the chain gang now
There were tears on the mail mother wrote me in jail
But I’m free from the chain gang now
私を縛っていた足枷も私を取り囲んでいた監視員も今はもういない
母が刑務所にいた私に宛てた手紙には涙が滲んでいた
でも今私はあらゆる鎖から自由になったのだ
故郷では有名で敬われてもいたのに
ある日誤った嫌疑をかけられ
冷たい雨の中鎖を繋がれた
でも今私はあらゆる鎖から自由になったのだ
刑務所では番号で名を呼ばれていた
私は刑務所でどうやって心を保っていたのだろう
でも今は木の上の小鳥のように自由だ
あらゆる鎖から解き放たれたんだ
私を縛っていた足枷も私を取り囲んでいた監視員も今はいない
母が刑務所にいた私に送った手紙には涙が滲んでいた
でも今私は自由になったんだ