Lyrics to
Take These Chains

This version of Take These Chains was released by 10Cc in 1978.

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Baby baby oh baby
I’d love to love you
But my hands are tied
Break these chains
Oh oh these chains that are killing me

You don’t need money if you’ve got love
We’ve got each other and its more than enough
Break these chains
Oh oh these chains that are holding me

Ooh ooh my love
It’s all too much for me to take

Take these chains
Take these chains

She never thought that I could live without her
All the little things she used to do
Then I fell in love with you
You found me
You took me in
When no one wanted me

Making love on a sandy beach
The stars above us and we’re clean out of reach
Of my chains
oh oh the chains that were killing me

And you make everything a paradise
And paradise with you is twice as nice
Never change, never change what you’re doing to me

Never change
Never change

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About Lyrics and Take These Chains by 10Cc

The lyrics to Take These Chains are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by 10Cc in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Take These Chains are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by 10Cc and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Take These Chains back when it was created.

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