Got to work this morning Seems like everything is lost I got a gold-hearted, wrong-doing woman And a slave-driving ball I can't loosen these chains that bind me Can't shake them loose, these chains and things Just can't loosen these chains and things
Well, you talk about hard luck and trouble Seems to be my middle name All the odds are against me Yes, I can only play a losing game These chains that bind me Can't loosen these chains and things Just can't loosen these chains and things
Oh I would pack up and leave today, people But I ain't got nowhere to go Ain't got money to buy a ticket And I don't feel like walking anymore These chains that bind me I can't lose, I can't lose these chains and things
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This was released on October 1970 on the lp Indianola Mississipi Seeds.
King viewed the album as one of his highest acheivements.
Indianola was King’s hometown, and was named after an Indian princess name Ola.