These chains won′t keep me from bein' a free man

Doin′ what I can to get out of here

And these chains won't keep me from seein' my freedomChangin′ my name and startin′ over again

I was a fool for a good lookin' woman

′Til I found out the hard way, there were some out of me

Now what else could I do? How could anyone blame me?

To stand in this smile and with a gun in his hands

These chains won't keep me from bein′ a free man

Doin' what I can to get out of here

And these chains won′t keep me from seein' my freedom

Changin' my name and startin′ over again

She had a known reputation but I paid no attention

Good love and affection can make anythin′ right

But judged no mercy for my infatuation

She said killings are sin boy, you've gotta pay the price

These chains won′t keep me from bein' a free man

Doin′ what I can to get out of here

And these chains won't keep me from seein′ my freedom

Changin' my name and startin' over again

Down the hole there′s a window

You can barely see through it

Deep in the night I see the lights of town

And started me thinkin′ that a mystical ladder

Is as high as these walls and I'm climbin′ it rung by rung

These chains won't keep me from bein′ a free man

Doin' what I can to get out of here

And these chains won′t keep me from seein' my freedom

Changin' my name and startin′ over again

These chains won′t keep me from bein' a free man

Doin′ what I can to get out of here

And these chains won't keep me from seein′ my freedom

Changin' my name and startin′ over again

These chains won't keep me to start over again