Wasting my time acting happy and carefree the one hurting most that's got to be me
I should win an Oscar my acting was first class
You were just a bad memory from out of my past
Dancing and laughing the world at my feet
Then the life of a party cried herself to sleep
Wasting my time acting happy and carefree the one hurting most that's got to be me
[ steel ]
My make believe world is no good for me but it only hurts me more when I face relity
I'm tired of pretending there's nothing else to do
But there's one thing for certain I'll keep on loving you
You had quite a good thing goin' with the girls you used to knowin'
You went up and down your list just like a yo-yo
And though it may be hard to stop it I'm afraid you'll have to drop it
Cause if you want me to love you that's a no no
I know you're used to goin' places with them lights and painted faces
Where the dancing girls do something they call go-go
I don't want to spoil your fun now but if I'm the only one now
And if you want me to love you that's a no no
You know a no no means baby shouldn't touch if baby really loves his mama so much
So if you just can't resist 'em if they're not out of your system
And if there's some more wild oats you've got to sow
Just remember while you're sowin' I'll be a packin' up and goin'
Cause I've told you many times that that's a no no
[ guitar - steel ]
You know a no no means baby shouldn't touch if baby really loves his mama so much
So if some old flame starts burning or if you should get to yearning
To go back to where those women that you know go
Don't come home expecting mama's a waitin' here in her pajamas
Cause I've told you many times that that's a no no
What am I living for if not for you what am I living for if not for you
What am I living for if not for you oh nobody else nobody else will do
What am I longing for each lonely night to feel your lips to mine to hold you tight
You'll be the only one my whole life through oh nobody else nobody else will do
I want you close to me that's all I know I want you all the time because I love you so
What am I living for if not for you what am I living for if not for you
What am I living for if not for you oh nobody else nobody else will do
Come here heart and let me talk to you before you up and fall for someone new
It's alright to go on out and have yourself a ball but watch it heart don't fall
It's a long way for one to drop it's not the fall that hurts it's that sudden stop
You've got fooled once before as you recall so watch it heart don't fall
[ steel ]
If you meet somebody who says they love you
Make sure the things they're telling you heart is true
You can trust one but you can't trust them all so watch it heart don't fall
It's a long way for one to drop...
It's been here since you've been gone
It's been hanging 'round too long
A thing called sadness, not much of a friend
When you walked out, it walked in
In every chair where I sit down
It follows me all over town
A thing called sadness, not much of a friend
When you walked out, it walked in
What in the world am I gonna do?
This old friend can't take the place of you
It only brings back memories of you
And all the things that we used to do
In every chair where I sit down
It follows me all over town
A thing called sadness, not much of a friend
A night with no moonlight, a day with no sun
A plain with no palace, a watch that won't run
A tree with no branches, a rose without dew
A song with no music, that's me without you
A train with no whistle, a car with no gas
A well with no water, a show with no cast
A love with no future, a sky with no blue
A girl with no sweetheart, that's me without you
A bank with no money, a pinch with no pin
A book with no story, a top that won't spin
A chair with no bottom, a rig with no crew
A ship with no rudder, that's me without you
A train with no whistle, a car with no gas
A well with no water, a show with no cast
A love with no future, a sky with no blue
More than once I've cried because impatience let me down
I could see the gold before the gold was found
Everytime I've trusted love to lead me by the hand
It circled back and left me where I stand
Where is my castle where is my destiny how much longer will I have to dream
Where is my sunshine where is my valley where is the love that's meant for me
[ guitar - steel ]
The next time I cross over that old bridge I'm gonna stay
I don't care if the river washes it away
Cause I'm not gonna take one step until the day I find
A man with a faithful heart and a made-up mind
WHAT I BELIEVE DEAR (IS ALL UP TO YOU)
Writers Tott Wilson, Sue Wilson
What I believe, dear, is all up to you
Those things they are saying
Don't have to be true
I'll tell my heart they lied
All gossip can't be true
For what I believe, dear, is all up to you
I'll put my faith in you as long as I live
To prove that my love is true
What more can I give
Let the rumors fly, who cares
As long as you're true
For what I believe, dear, is all up to you
We drifted far apart from each other but your love it didn't die within my heart
You're asking me once more to forgive you
I'll give you one more chance and pray that we will never part
We need one more chance to be together to talk and get all troubles straighten out
Yes come on back to me we'll take up where we left of
We need one more chance one more chance to save our love
[ steel ]
I'll try oh yes I'll try to make things up to you
There'll be no more tears fall from your eyes
Just having you around and knowing that you're mine
Is good enough for me you don't have to apologize
One day an angel came down from heaven an envoy of our God above
From this great world to choose a token that all his throng in heaven would love
We buried her beneath the willow with heads bowed low we walked away
God needed her to sing in heaven we'll meet again on that bright day
[ organ ]
A soft song fell within his hearing he picked our girl her soul her voice
Today our partner sings in heaven God praised the angel for his choice
Oh you tell me that you love me
Yes you tell me that you care
That tomorrow we'll be married
But tomorrow's never there
No tomorrow never comes
No tomorrow never comes
Now you tell me that you love me
But tomorrow never comes
Oh, come on in there, Jerry Smith
Oh, Russ Higgs now
Many weeks now have I waited
Many long nights have I cried
Just to see that happy morning
When I'd have you by my side
No tomorrow never comes
No tomorrow never comes
Now you tell me that you love me
They may try to plan my life as people often do
But they can't change the way I feel for you
They say a rich young love could better play the part
But they can't take your love from my heart
They say I should forget you and find somebody new
Why can't they see you're meant for me and no one else could ever do
So while they plan their next attack let's really play it smart
And build a wall of defence around our hearts
[ fiddle - steel ]
They have tried to use your past to prove you'd be untrue
But they can't wreck my trust and faith in you
They say you're reckless kind would never get a start
But they can't take your love from my heart
If you're tired of the life that you're living then why don't you change it now
For no one knows what tomorrow holds there's no greater time than now
There's no greater time than now there's no greater time than now
Don't let this chance pass for it could be your last there's no greater time than now
[ steel ]
So come while the choir is singing oh come while time still allows
Oh come and be safe before you go away there's no greater time than now
THE TEDDY BEAR SONG
(Nick Nixon - Don Earl)
« © '72 Champion Music »
I wish I had button eyes and red fat nose
A shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes
Sittin' on the shelf in the local department store
With no dreams to dream and nothin' to be sorry for
I wish I was a Teddy Bear not living nor loving nor going nowhere
I wish I was a Teddy Bear and I'm wishin' I hadn't fallen in love with you
I wish I had a wooden heart and a sawdust mind
Then your mem'ry wouldn't come around to hurt all the time
I'd have a sewed on smile and a painted twinkle in my eye
And I never would've ever had to learn how to cry
I wish I was a Teddy Bear...
I wish I had a string you'd pull to make me say hi I'm Teddy ain't that a lovely day
Then I'd know everytime I've spoke the words were right
And no one would know the mess I made in my life
I wish I was a Teddy Bear...
Your lawyer called and said he had the papers all prepared
To sign my name was all I had to do
He saw the judge, now he seen me, there's only one thing left
Will your lawyer talk to God for you?
Will your lawyer talk to God and plead your case up on high
And defend the way you broke my heart in two?
Man made laws to set you free on earth but is God satisfied
Will your lawyer talk to God for you?
We all face that final judgment and it's very strict they say
When your time comes, I wonder what you'll do
Will you bow your head in shame or will you turn your head away
Or will your lawyer talk to God for you?
Will your lawyer talk to God and plead your case up on high
And defend the way you broke my heart in two?
Man made laws to set you free on earth but is God satisfied
[ Johnny Wright ]
To Canaan's land I'm on my way where the soul of men never dies
My darkest night will turn today where the soul of men never dies
No sad farewell no tea dimmed eyes where all his love and the soul never dies
[ piano ]
A rose is bloomin' there for me where the soul of men never dies
And I will spend eternity where the soul of men never dies
No sad farewell no tear dimmed eyes where all is loved and the soul never dies
[ steel ]
I'm on my way to that fair land where the soul of men never dies
Where there will be no parting hand where the soul of men never dies
You've got on a little high horse and you said that this was end
You jumped right up and said goodbye and out the door you went
Well your --- now but you'll soon pull down
I know that you'll be coming back when your little high horse runs down
I'm not gonna worry because you're gone I know that you won't stay
For the little high horse that you're on now will soon fade away
And just as soon as you'll pull off you'll be back around
I know that you'll be coming back when your little high horse runs down
[ guitar ]
I know that it won't be long till you try to call
But I'm gonna let the phone ring till it rings off the wall
I'll make you think that I've stepped out bet I'm not around
I know that you'll be coming back when your little high horse runs down
I'm not gonna worry...
When you left I thought that I would soon get over you
Even told myself that I would find somebody too
Time and tears have come and gone but not your memory
But I'll be over you when the grass grows over me
Yes I'll be over you when you're standing over me
And as you look down at the cold cold ground I'm sleeping in
Don't expect to hear me say that I still love you then
Cause I'll be over you when the grass grows over me
[ steel ]
Even when my eyes are closed they keep on seeing you
Every minute I'm alive I'm hurtin' through and through
And as long as I live I know I won't be free
But I'll be over you when the grass grows over me
The days have been long and I have been lonesome
Recalling those dreams that never came true
The nights have been lonely but now that's all over
I've payed my debt for trusting in you
Every day your mem'ry grows dimmer
Clouds drift away, sunshine peeps through
Every day no longer you haunt me
My conscience is clear, what about you?
It's hard to believe that you are the same one
That once meant so much and I loved her so true
It's hard to know I've worshiped to false one
But I've paid for it, what about you?
Every day your mem'ry grows dimmer
Clouds drift away, sunshine peeps through
Every day no longer you haunt me
[ Johnny ]
God creates the flowers and trees the little birds that we hear sing
The mountains high and the mighty seas we owe God for evertything
God walks these beutiful hills with me he's by my side sunshine or rain
Creating beauty for all to see we owe God for evertything
God creates the flowers...
[ guitar ]
God loves the poor and rich alike bringing comfort in sorrow and pain
He always helps us to see the light we owe God for evertything
God creates the flowers...
We said our goodbyes long ago never thinking we'd miss each other so
All the memories we can't leave behind oh we must have been out of our minds
I thought I loved another not you how foolish I thought the same too
They both turned out to be the wrong kinds oh we must have been out of our minds
[ steel ]
Let's forgive and forget the past we've known
And reap together the wild seeds we've sowed
Surely they can forgive us and find that we must have been out of our minds
I thought I loved another...
We missed you and we're glad you'll come home
The hours were never so lonely, my eyes were never so strange
From watching and waiting and crying for you
And hoping you'd come back again
Me and my heart and my lips and my arms
We missed you each day you were gone
Me and my heart and my lips and my arms
We missed you and we're glad you'll come home
A hope against hope you still love me
There were so many memories I care
And though you had gone many miles from my side
My love followed you every step
Me and my heart and my lips and my arms
We missed you each day you were gone
Me and my heart and my lips and my arms
Wait a little longer please, Jesus
There are so many still wandering out in sin
Just a little longer please, Jesus
A few more days to get our loved ones in
Here the labor is so hard and the workers are so tired
And our weary hearts are yearning for a rest
And we find we're getting anxious to be in that happy land
Where we'll receive such peace and happiness
Wait a little longer please, Jesus
There are so many still wandering out in sin
Just a little longer please, Jesus
A few more days to get our loved ones in
We may look into the skies and tears will fill our eyes
When our burdened hearts grow heavier with each day
First we cry, oh Lord, please come, come and take your children home
Then we look around and suddenly we say
Wait a little longer please, Jesus
There are so many still wandering out in sin
Just a little longer please, Jesus
Do you live from day to day with no God up above
In your sin you had rather stay never thinking of his love
Too far from God to ever hear him call deep in sin you have drifted too far
Won't you turn back if Jesus' your all before you travel too far from God
[ ac.guitar ]
In a mansion you may live but if it's filled with sin
No room for Jesus do you give so he pleased to enter in
Too far from God...
[ ac.guitar ]
Soon this world is bound to end the fire will surely fall
Will you still be lost in sin too far to hear him call
Well, this is it, that day is here
That day I knew would come
When you would leave me, dear
Well, here I sit while teardrops fall
And wonder why I care
When you don't care at all
But I'm a fool that way
From a way back when
A fool who take you back
If you'd come back again
But this is it, you're gone
You're free, you'll find another love
But this is it for me
Well, this is it, that day is here
It's no surprising, yet
I can't hold back the tears
Well, here I sit and try to guess
How such an empty room's
So full of loneliness
Well even the clock has stopped
Somehow I guess you knew
That time's run out from me
It's over, it's all through
Yes, this is it, you're gone
You're free, you'll find another love
I might have been a helpless soul with nothing much in store
I might have been without a gold, just dream and nothing more
I might have known life alone but that's where you came in
Your loving arms have saved me from the things I might have been
I might have been the kind who roam a stranger everywhere
Or one of those who stay at home with no one's lips to share
But your sweet kiss has changed all this and made my life begin
Keep loving me, don't let me be the things I might have been
I might have been the kind who roam a stranger everywhere
Or one of those who stay at home with no one's lips to share
But your sweet kiss has changed all this and made my life begin
I may look old for my years and these wrinkles on my face
They were put there by my kids I love so dear
They won't listen to what I say and it's turning my hair gray
The kids grow older and hurt me more each year
When they were little they sat on my knee I gave them all my love from the start
Now they're too big to sit on my knee they're stepping all over my heart
They're my own flesh and blood so no matter what they do
I will love them in a mother's special way
I pray to God each day and night that my kids turn out right
These are heartaches every mother has to pay
When they were little...
Once I loved you darling and it thrilled me through and through
I must admit I wanted only you
Your kisses left me restless when you said we'd never part
Your lips are sweet as honey but there's poison in your heart
[ fiddle - steel ]
The way that you two timed is a sin and it's a shame
You even said you'd like to change my name
You vowed that you'll be faithful but you lied right from the start
Your lips are sweet as honey but there's poison in your heart
[ steel - fiddle ]
Maybe I'll find that faded kind can let me love again
Then I'll forget my fickle dreams of you
It's just too bad we've never had an even-steven start
THE THIRD MAN
(Bobby Helms - Teddy Wilburn - Frances Heighton)
« © '65 Tree Publishing »
Last night I dreamed I took a walk up Calvary's lonely hill
The things I saw with my own eyes could not have been more real
I saw upon three crosses three men in agony
Two cried out for mercy and the third man he looked at me
And oh the hurt in this man's eyes that just broke my heart in two
It seemed I could hear him say son I'm doing this for you
I knelt beneath the third mean's cross and slowly bowed my head
I reached out to touch his feet and it stained my hand's with red
And when I heard him cry in pain I raised my eyes to see
The blood spilled from the third man's side and some of it spilled on me
The third man wore a crown of thorns spikes held him to the tree
And I heard him say oh my God my God why hast Thou forsaken me
And there within a mighty crowd the ones who mocked him cried
King save Thyself if thou art King and then the third man died
Suddenly I heard the thunder roll I saw the lightening pierce the sky
The third man was still hanging there and I began to cry
I saw the boulders fall and heard the breaking of the ground
Then I awoke and though I dreamed I touched my cheek and found
My eyes were wet where I had cried a dream I wished I knew
[ Bill Phillips ]
My heart is pounding it's beating faster because my heart just heard
That you've been cheating on me baby it's lies it's lies that I heard
I can never believe the stories because I love you so
And you promised you'd be faithful the lies just can't be true
They're not true they're not true let me hear the truth from you
Say you're mine all the time I won't let lies turn me from you
I am shaking my heart is aching just to be with you
Tell me you'll be mine forever the lies just can't be true
[ steel ]
They're not true...
Out where the bright lights are glowing you're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing while I sit and whisper your name
Four walls to hear me four walls to see four walls too near me closing in on me
Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting but my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating but here where you left me I'll stay
One night with you is like heaven and so while I'm walking this floor
I listen for steps in the hallway and wait for your knock on my door
Four walls to hear me four walls to see four walls too near me closing in on me
All the time, yes darling, all the time
Tenderly, constantly I'll love you
Every day I'll prove it, every day
In happiness or loneliness I'll love you
Other arms may tempt me, don't let it worry you
For even when they tempt me I'll never be untrue
All the time, yes darling, all the time
Through the years, smiles or tears I'll love you
Other arms may tempt me, don't let it worry you
For even when they tempt me I'll never be untrue
All the time, yes darling, all the time
If you loved me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down
If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
[ fiddle ]
On the wings of a snow white dove he sends his pure sweet love
A sign from above on the wings of a dove
When troubles surround us when evils come the body grows weak the spirit grows numb
When these things beset us God doesn't forget us
He sends down his love on the wings of a dove
On the wings of a snow white dove...
[ guitar ]
When Noah had drifted on the flood many days he searched for land in various ways
Those troubles beset him God didn't forget him
He sent down his love on the wings of a dove
Welcome to my world won't you come on in miracles I guess still happen now and then
Step into my heart leave your cares behind welcome to my world built with you in mind
Knock and the door will open seek and you will find
Ask and you'll be givin' the key to this world of mine
I'll be waiting here with my arms unfurl waiting just for you welcome to my world
[ steel ]
Your jealous heart I can't understand you get mad if I look at another man
No fate in your love no respect for mine making things up in your selfrighteous mind
You're no angel yourself why pretend to be you may fool others but you can't fool me
Take away false strife what have you got left
Climb off your high horse you're no angel yourself
[ steel ]
When we took the vows that made us one our love was sweet and life was fun
Sure I made mistakes before I met you but at yourself didn't you make them too
Yesterday's promise got you everything I had
You took all the best of me and now you call me bad
You made me careless with the pretty things you'd say
Now yesterday's promise makes me crying today
Yesterday's promise made the fire within me burn
Today there's only bitter ashes everywhere I turn
Tomorrow may be better when the hurt has gone away
But yesterday's promise makes me crying today
[ steel ]
Yesterday's promise made just one thing in mind
But to a girl it sounds like love when it's love she hopes to find
Tomorrow I may find it when the hurt has gone away
You lay so easy on my mind oh so easy on my mind
Whenever I need you all I have to do is close my eyes
You lay so easy on my mind yes so easy on my mind
Wrap me in your warmness and let me feel your body touchin' mine
Everything you say and do finds me wanting more of you
And each moment brings to life a mental dream
Heaven's something real it's something I can feel
When I feel your angel touch all over me
You lay so easy on my mind yes so easy on my mind
Oh there's not a part of me that your sweet love don't reach to satisfy
[ steel ]
Every day I need you more you're the one I'm living for
And the best you'll ever give you've given me
You completely satisfy every need I have inside
And I pray you'll never take your love from me
You lay so easy on my mind oh so easy on my mind
There's not a part of me that your sweet love don't reach to satisfy
You always have your way with me each time you left my heart felt the chill
But I've only been a past time to you
No you don't love me but you're afraid somebody will
You're afraid someone else will come along who cares
Someone whose love I could share
You've given promises you won't fullfil
No you don't love me but you're afraid somebody will
[ steel ]
You always have your way with me you never gave my heart love it could feel
The love you give to me is not real
No you don't love me but you're afraid somebody will
Lately you spent a lot of time at parties
Your head held high in a world of make believe
You don't hear a word that I tell you
And I can see you no longer care for me
You don't hear a word that I'm sayin'
May as well be talkin' to the ceilin'
I want you to know how much I love you
I talk to you all the time but you don't hear
If you'd stop for a minute and listen
You would save yourself a lot of tears
Your party pals won't love you like I do
I've tried to tell you but you don't hear
You don't hear a word that I'm sayin'
May as well be talkin' to the ceilin'
I want you to know how much I love you
I talk to you all the time but you don't hear
You can't conceal a heart that's broken no matter what you say or do
I still recall words that were spoken the night you said that we were through
My darling I still want you near me you know I loved you from the start
You may conceal the teardrops falling but you can't conceal a broken heart
[ fiddle ]
You can't conceal a heart that's broken although you cry to hide you're blue
I know for me you feel no longing for in your heart there is no room
The lonesome night I sit alone dear I'm lonesome since we've been apart
You and me together life's a pleasure
But without your love life's not complete
And I feel the same about you, darling
We belong together you and me
We'll share love's joy and life's sorrow
You belong to me I belong to you
When you hold my hand the sun shines brighter
When you smile at me I lose my blues
You and me together life's a pleasure
But without your love life's not complete
And I feel the same about you, darling
We belong together you and me
Don't ever let nothing come between us
Think our lonely life apart would be
Gossiping tongue can never change me darling
Your love means more than life to me
You and me together life's a pleasure
But without your love life's not complete
And I feel the same about you, darling
As you leave to meet the girl who's now your number one
Look at me I'm the wreck of number two
That someone else is that you've made this morning
When you told me what you plan to do
Someone else now occupies the first place in your heart
Look at me I'm the wreck of number two
Take a look as you go at the pieces of the one who gave all she had to you
As you leave to meet the girl who's now your number one
Look at me I'm the wreck of number two
[ steel ]
I'm grateful that my pride is filled of standing
So I don't have to beg you not to go
They tell me that the good Lord watches over fools like me
Don't think twice about this fool who loves you so
Take a look as you go...
Can't you see I love you please don't break my heart in two
That's not hard to do cause I don't have a wooden heart
And if you say goodbye then I know that I would cry
Maybe I would die cause I don't have a wooden heart
There's no string upon this love of mine it was always you from the start
Treat me nice treat me good treat me like you really should
Cause I'm not made of wood and I don't have a wooden heart
Muss i denn muss i denn zum Stdtele hinaus Stdtele hinaus
Und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
Muss i denn muss i denn zum Stdtele hinaus Stdtele hinaus
Und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
There's no strings upon this love of mine it was always you the start
Sei mir gutn sei mir gut sei mir wie du wirklich sollst
Have you ever been awaken by the crowing of a rooster
While the night's dew is still heavy on the ground
And the voice of Uncle Ben seems to break the morning silence
Bringing lights to windows all around
Well it's time to rise and shine start another hard work day
And get the cows in and start the milking chores
It's nice to think about it can't even visit well I wonder could I live there anymore
[ guitar - steel ]
Talking about the smell of cornbread cooking on a wood stove
Seems to bring a picture to my mind
Of a little three room house with mama in the kitchen
But she can't stop to talk ain't got the time
She's a fixing daddy's supper he's a working over time
Trying to pay our bill at grocery store
It's nice to think about it can't even visit well I wonder could I live there anymore
[ guitar - steel ]
As I think about my childhood and of my old hometown
I don't really miss 'em like before
It's nice to think about it can't even visit well I wonder could I live there anymore
Tie a string around your finger leave a note upon your desk
Don't forget little things that happened to bring you happiness
It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor just remember the one you adore
So hold her and tell her you love her if you're the man that remembers her
A woman never forgets all the little things you do
A woman never forgets all the mem'ries you bring her
It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor just remember the one you adore
So hold her and tell her you love her if you're the man that remembers her
[ piano ]
A woman never forgets...
If you could read my mind you wouldn't be so blind
Can't you see that I'm in love with you
My lips would make no sound my head just spins around
My tongue get tired and I can't make a sound
I'd like to make you mine and squeeze you till you're blind
Bless your little heart you're just my kind
I'd like for you to know I'm too wiseful to say
So I'd like to be the winner of your heart
[ fiddle ]
I can't eat a bite I've lost my apetite I'm so lovesick I think I'm gonna die
When I hear your name I simply go insane my friends all think I'm sick but I'm in love
I've been living a new way of life that I love so
But I can see the clouds are gathering and the storm will wreck our home
For last night, she held you tightly and you didn't even shove
This is true for I've been watching from the window up above
You must have thought that I was sleeping and I wish that I had been
But it's best to get to know you and the way your heart can sin
I thought we belong together and our hearts fit like a glove
But I was wrong for I've been watching from the window up above
From my eyes the teardrops started as I listened on and on
Heard you whisper to her softly that our marriage was all wrong
But I hope she makes you happy, that you'll never lose her love
I lost mine while I was watching from the window up above
Now I wished I could be dreaming and wake up to a love that's true
Cause we stuck together through the lean lean years
The lean and hungry years were filled with strife
Now we're still together in the green green years
And we'll still together for the rest of our life
I've seen love come and gone just like the winter's snow
I saw a boy break his darling's heart
But his love wasn't true like my live is for you
And darling I will never break your heart
Cause we stuck together...
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At first it was so hard for us to make a start but we kept on trying every day
Your kisses were so sweet and you were nice to me
And darling you slipped me off my feet
TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART
Writers Fred Rose, Hy Heath
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these tears from my eyes and set me free
Just a spark of the love that used to be
If you love somebody new let me find a new love too
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Give my heart just a word of sympathy
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
Then if you no longer care for the love that's beating there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
