(Take These) Chains

Judas Priest

(I move away, it don't do me no good)
(Three thousand miles don't help like I thought it would)

Help me, beggin' you please
You got the power down on my knees
Give me some kind of life
Leave me be

Take these chains off
Take 'em off my heart
Take these chains off
Take 'em off my heart

Reach out to me, as if from the grave
I tried to run but I'm tied to you like a slave
It's my fault loving you so
You were so precious, how could I know
You turned mean overnight
Poor, poor, me

Take these chains off
Take 'em off my heart
Take these chains off
Take 'em off my heart

I don't owe you anything
Why don't you get out of my life
Through it all the memories cling
And I can't sleep at night

Help me, I'm beggin' you please
You've got the power, down on my knees
Give me some kind of life
Leave me be

Take these chains off
Take 'em off my heart
Take these chains off
Take 'em off my heart
Take these chains off
Take 'em off my heart
Take these chains off
Take 'em off my heart
Take these chains off
Take 'em off my heart


Lyrics submitted by Idan, edited by Cigar75

(Take These) Chains Lyrics as written by Robert Sidney Jr. Halligan

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    haha I always think the same thing whenever I hear a lovey dovey Priest song...that it's about a guy

    havana4saleon December 15, 2007   Link

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