It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I’m worried now but I won’t be worried long I swam across the river and laid me down to sleep... When I woke, there were shackles on my feet Shackles on my feet and twenty one links of chain... And every one initialled with my name I asked the judge, “What’s gonna be my fine?”... Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain Line The train I ride is twenty-one coaches long... I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long