Name: Shackles and Chains
Duration: P00H05M55S
Description: This track was originally released on vinyl LP in 1978. This new version has been professionally transferred from the original 2-inch analog multi-track tapes, then mixed and mastered in for an optimum listening experience.

Shackles and Chains

from World of the Night People [40th Anniversary Edition] by Ward Darby

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This track was originally released on vinyl LP in 1978. This new version has been professionally transferred from the original 2-inch analog multi-track tapes, then mixed and mastered in for an optimum listening experience.

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When I was sad and brokenhearted
Thought I would surely die
You came along honey, just in time

You made me feel so much better
With your boom-boom sexy style
And I'm damn glad you stopped off here
In my life for awhile

I thought I'd lost everything
Like a broken man can
You split the darkness like a laser beam
Made me believe again
You made my sunshine

(chorus)

You were the key to my shackles and chains
Now I'm a free man
I never thought that I'd be sane again

Where did you come from
How did you know?
That I needed someone
Did it, did it, did it, did it show?

Whoa, you gave me the power
with your boom-boom sensuous smile
And I'm damn glad you stopped off here
In my life for awhile

You helped me over the worst part
Yeah, I forgot about her
Now I'm ready for the best part
I feel the blood in my body begin to stir

(repeat chorus)

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from World of the Night People [40th Anniversary Edition], released March 13, 2018
Written by Ward Darby © 1978, 2012 - Dar Bee Music (BMI)

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An artist whose sound and sensibility was forged in the fires of gospel, country-western and vintage rock and roll.

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