Feeling The Weight Of My Chains Song Lyrics and Chords
Feeling The Weight Of My Chains Song Lyrics and Chords by Cal Smith
Feeling The Weight Of My Chains
Recorded by Cal Smith
Written by
Written by Jimmy Payne
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I nearly made it all the way to
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work this morning
Then I changed my
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mind
There's an empty feeling in my soul
That's
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crying for a lifetime of marking
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time
I don'
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t know if it's too late to fin
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success
Or if my life can take the
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change
But I'm not getting any younger
And I'm
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feeling the weight of my
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chains
My woman waits at home for me
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inside
The safety of an aging
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dream
She goes on believing in some
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Promises that she ain't never
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seen
And
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it would break her heart if she knew
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how
My thoughts are tortured by the
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strain
God knows that I love her
I'm just
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feeling the weight of my
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chains
I'm not looking for that pot of gold
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beyond
Some faded rainbow in the
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sky
I'm just trying hard to feed a hungry
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dream
That's trying hard to stay
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alive
But
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sometime I feel like giving up
When all my efforts seem in
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vain
But somehow I'll keep on trying
I'm just
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feeling the weight of my
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chains
Lord knows I'll keep on trying
I'm just
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feeling the weight of my
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chains
FAQ
Who sang the the song Feeling The Weight Of My Chains?
- The song Feeling The Weight Of My Chains was sang by Cal Smith.
Who is Cal Smith?
- Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 - October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hits "Country Bumpkin" and "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler".
