Cold hard labor, it's a labor of love   Convicted of crimes, the crimes of passion   Caught in a chain gang, the chain of fools   Solitary confinement, confined by the rules      I'm just a prisioner, an inmate of love   Oh I'm a prisioner captured by love   With no escape nowhere to go, no place to hide   Hey, I'm a prisioner! I'm just a prisioner      Mending the wounds, the wounds of lament   The knife cut deep, deep into my heart   The romance is over, my passions remain   Still bound to love by this ball and chain      I'm just a prisioner, an inmate of love   Oh I'm a prisioner captured by love   With no escape nowhere to go, no place to hide   Hey, I'm a prisioner! I'm just a prisioner      Oh I'm a prisioner, hey I'm a prisioner!      Find an escape, a key to the door   I gotta get out, can't take anymore   Make a clean break, to bury the past   I'll shed these chains and be free at last      I'm just a prisioner, a prisioner of love   I'm just a prisioner, a prisioner of love   Hey, I'm a prisioner, I'm just a prisioner