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Introduction:
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I been known to have a drink or two
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In the comfort of my home
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It helps to minimize
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The crazy things I hear
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When I?m alone.
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You?d think by now every sound wouldn't
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Send a memory crashing?
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Threw my brain
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If it, wasn't for the rattle of the chain.
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Certain little things she used to say
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They come though loud and clear
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It?s sad but I admit that I listen closer
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Than I did when she was here
Now every noise sounds like her voice
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And I?m torn between the pleasure and the pain
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If it, wasn't for the rattle of the chain.
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I Wouldn't Mind The Shackles
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I knew the day she left that I?d be wearing?
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Them until the end of time
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But everyday?s a battle
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Just to keep the burden of my heart
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From interfering with my mind.
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It?s knowing that I?ll always
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Have her last goodbye
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Ringing in my ears
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Driving me insane
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If it, wasn't for the rattle of the chain.
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Now it seems like every time I turn around
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Here it comes again
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Someone else is telling me
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About the brand new love she wound up in
I tell myself
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But I still tremble
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At the mention of her name
I Wouldn't Mind The Shackles
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If it, wasn't for the rattle of the chain.
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No I Wouldn't Mind The Shackles
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If it, wasn't for the rattle of the chain.