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Heart on a String
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
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This next song was originally recorded
At fame studios Muscle Shoals back in 1970
Yeah, right down the road
By a singer named Candi Staton
So we're gonna do our best on it
One, two, three, four
I was out there all alone
I was searching for a friend
You saw my need and you came along
With your charm you took me in
Then one night you captured my heart
Turned the smoke into a flame
I can't free my heart from you, baby
'Cause you keep it hanging on your string
Well, I can't free my heart from you, baby
If you keep it hanging on your string
That way of loving was my weakness
You made me yours, body and soul
My mind told me I should leave you
But my heart can't let me go
You tied me down to you and you went away
Turned all of my pleasure into pain
I can't free my heart from you, baby
If you keep it hanging on your string
No, I can't free my heart from you, baby
'Cause you keep it hanging on your string
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Every time I try to break loose
That's when you tie a knot on your string
I can't hold up to what I'm going through
My heart is weakening from the strain
Yet I know if you untied me, baby
I'd be bound to you just the same
Oh, I can't free my heart from you, baby
If you keep it hanging on your string
Whoa, I can't free my heart from you, baby
'Cause you keep it hanging on your string
No, I can't free my heart from you, baby
'Cause you keep it hanging on your string
Your string
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