These Chains

[Chorus:] These chai-ains won't keep me from bein' a free man I'm doin' what I can to get out of here And these chai-ains won't keep me from seein' my freedom I'm changin' my name and startin' over agai-ain I was a foo-ool for a good lookin' woman Till I found out the hard way there was some other man Now what else could I do, how could anyone blame me He was standin' there smilin' with a gun in his ha-and [Chorus] She had a known reputation but I paid no attention With love and affection, can make anything right The judge had no mercy for my infatuation He said killin's a sin boy, you gotta pay-ay the price [Chorus] Down the hall there's a window, you can barely fit through it And deep in the night I see the lights of town And it started me thinkin' 'bout a mystical ladder That's as high as these walls and I'm climbin' it rung by-why are you-ung [Chorus x2] --- These Chains - Kenny Rogers