Cold hard labor, it's the labor of love

Convicted of crimes, the crimes of passion

Caught in a chain gang, the chain of the fools

Solitary confinement, confined by the rules



Chorus:

I'm just a prisoner, an inmate of love, oh I'm a prisoner captured by love

With no escape, nowhere to go, no place to hide

Hey I'm a prisoner, I'm just a prisoner



Mendin' the wounds, the wounds of the mad

The knife cut deep, deep into my heart

The romance is over, my passions remain

Still bound to love by this fallen chain



chorus



(Instrumental break)



Oh I'm a prisoner, hey I'm a prisoner



Find an escape, a key to the door, I gotta get out, can't take anymore

Make a clean break to bury the past

I'll shed these chains and be free at last



I'm just a prisoner, a prisoner of love

I'm just a prisoner, a prisoner of love

Hey I'm a prisoner, I'm just a prisoner



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