PRISONER OF LOVE
(Music: Russ Columbo & Clarence Gaskill / Lyrics: Leo Robin)
Russ Columbo (with Nat Shilkret's Orch.) - 1932
Roy Fox & His Band (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1932
Lena Horne (with Teddy Wilson & His Orch.) - 1944
Perry Como (with Russ Case & His Orch.) - 1946
The Ink Spots - 1946
Billy Eckstine - 1946
Art Tatum (Instr.) - 1954
Bing Crosby - 1956
Matt Monro - 1958
Pat Boone - 1962
Etta James - 1962
James Brown & The Famous Flames - 1963
Billy Duke - 1965
Henry Wright with Romano Mussolini - 1967
Helen Humes - 1973
Also recorded by:
Julie Frances; Conway Twitty; Oscar Peterson Trio;
Ray Price; Tiny Tim; ............ and others.
Alone from night to night you'll find me
Too weak to break the chains that bind me
I need no shackles to remind me
I'm just a prisoner of love
For one command I stand and wait now
From one who's master of my fate now
I can't escape, for it's too late now
I'm just a prisoner of love
What's the good of my caring
If someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another
I can't have another, for I'm not free
She's in my dreams, awake or sleeping
Upon my knees to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love
(Orchestral Interlude)
What's the good of my caring
If someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another
I can't have another, for I'm not free
She's in my dreams, awake or sleeping
Upon my knees, to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love
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As recorded by BILLY ECKSTINE:
Alone from night to night you'll find me
Too weak to break the chains that bind me
I need no shackles to remind me
I'm just a prisoner of love
For one command I'll stand and wait now
For one who's master of my fate now
I can't escape, for it's too late now
I'm just a prisoner of love
What's the good of my caring
If someone is sharing those arms with me
Though she has another
I can't have another, for I'm not free
You're in my dreams, awake or sleeping
Upon my knees to you I'm creeping
My very soul is in her keeping
For I'm just a prisoner of love
I had a heart so true
Now I have none and you have two
So don't give me the runaround
For you know I'm forever bound
To be your prisoner of love
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As recorded by JAMES BROWN:
Alone from night to night you'll find me
Too weak to break those chains that bind me
I need no shackles to remind me
I'm just a prisoner, don't let me be a prisoner
For one command I stand and wait now
From one who's master of my fate now
I can't escape, for it's too late now
I'm just a prisoner, don't let me be a prisoner
What's the good of my caring
If someone is sharing those arms, but not with me
Although she has another
But I can't have another, for I'm, I'm not free
She's in my dreams, awake or sleeping
Upon my knees to her I'm creeping
My very life, my life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner, don't let me be a prisoner
You made me a prisoner
And you made me love you
Take the shackles of love away
'Cause I love you so much now
You, you, you, you.......FADE
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2012)
