Cover art for Unchain My Heart by Ray Charles

Unchain My Heart

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Unchain My Heart Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Unchain my heart (Unchain my heart)
Baby, let me be (Unchain my heart)
Unchain my heart (Unchain my heart)
'Cause you don't care about me (Unchain my heart)
You've got me sewed up like a pillowcase
But you let my love go to waste
So unchain my heart, oh, please, please set me free
Unchain my heart (Unchain my heart)
Baby, let me go (Unchain my heart)
Unchain my heart (Unchain my heart)
'Cause you don't love me no more (Unchain my heart)
Every time I call you on the phone
Some fella tells me that you're not at home
So unchain my heart, oh, please, please set me free

[Chorus]
I'm under your spell (I'm under your spell)
Like a man in a trance (Like a man in a trance)
But I know darn well (But I know darn well)
That I don't stand a chance (That I don't stand a chance)
So unchain my heart (Unchain my heart)
Let me go my way (Unchain my heart)
Unchain my heart (Unchain my heart)
You worry me night and day (Unchain my heart)
Why lead me through a life of misery
When you don't care a bag of beans for me?
So unchain my heart, oh, please, please set me free
[Chorus]
I'm under your spell (I'm under your spell)
Like a man in a trance (Like a man in a trance)
I know darn well (But I know darn well)
That I don't stand a chance (That I don't stand a chance)
So unchain my heart (Unchain my heart)
Let me go my way (Unchain my heart)
Unchain my heart (Unchain my heart)
You worry me night and day (Unchain my heart)
Why lead me through a life of misery
When you don't care a bag of beans for me?
So unchain my heart, oh, please, please set me free

[Outro]
(Please set me free)
Oh, won't you set me free?
(Please set me free)
Woah, set me free
(Please set me free)
Woah, set me free, little darling
(Please set me free)
Oh, won't you set me free?
(Please set me free)

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Unchain My Heart" is a song written by Bobby Sharp (1924-2013) and recorded first in 1961 by Ray Charles and in 1963 by Trini Lopez and later by many others. Sharp, a drug addict at the time, sold the song to Teddy Powell for $50. Powell demanded half the songwriting credit. Sharp later successfully fought for the rights to his song. In 1987, he was also able to renew the copyright for his publishing company, B. Sharp Music.

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