Heart on a String Live

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

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