Don’t set me free (video)

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1. Don’t set me free and leave me all alone,

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don’t make me be just a rolling stone !

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Lock me up and throw the key away ,

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make me a prisoner night and day,

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and whatever you do to me, don’t set me free !

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2. Don’t set me free, on my knees I pray,

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have mercy on me, don’t send me away.

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Like a train jumpin’ off a track

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without you, baby, I’d blow my stack,

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and whatever you do to me, don’t set me free !

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Like a stamp on a letter, if you let me stick with you,

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I could love you better, than anyone else can do.

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3. So, don’t set me free, though I’ve done you wrong,

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baby, can’t you see, without you I can’t get along ?

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Keep me in a state of agony,

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make me miserable as can be,

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and whatever you do to me, don’t set me free !

+ instrumental = verse 3

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+ Like a stamp on a letter, if you let me stick with you,

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I could love you better, than anyone else can do.

+ repeat verse 3

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+ No, no, no, don’t set me free !

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I’m saying no, no, don’t set me free !

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Baby, no, no, don’t set me free .....

(orig. = capo 1st) (Ray Charles)