Dan Bern - Chain Around My Neck lyrics

Everything I've ever done has gone belly up or bust I don't ask you to believe me now, I don't deserve your trust Let me prove to you that I'm a new man or gone straight Next time that I see you, let's pretend it's our first date I looked into my past and I don't like what I see The chain around my neck a thing that I don't want to be A chain around my neck of lies and bitterness and pride A chain that doesn't let you see the man I am inside A chain around my neck A chain around my neck Can't move this way or that way A train that's jumped its track It don't let me move forward It don't let me move back A chain around my, chain around my neck A chain around my, chain around my neck You have left me now, don't want to say that you were wrong But my life is a place where I am certain you belong I know that our love can be as solid as a rock All I need is one more chance, baby, to unlock This chain around my neck A chain around my neck Can't move this way or that way A train has jumped its track It don't let me move forward It don't let me move back A chain around my, chain around my neck A chain around my, chain around my neck Each link of the chain is choking But each link of chain can be broken Each link takes my takes my love away from me But only your love can set me free From this chain around my neck A chain around my neck Can't move this way or that way A train that's jumped its track It don't let me move forward It don't let me move back A chain around my, chain around my neck A chain around my, chain around my neck A chain around my, chain around my neck