These Chains

Not only you, but everybody here should be like me

Be like me for a change – except for these chains

Except for these chains

Whether in a short span or in the long run

My every intention is to persuade you

Not a single court can prove any wrong done

My every accuser’s tryin’ to play you

These chains – these chains

I’m a prisoner of the Lord; that much is plain

These chains – these chains

For me, to live is Christ – to die is gain

You heard me lay my rights down, to take this cause up

Regarding the prophets, you’re a believer

No matter how it might sound – you can’t make this stuff up

I’ve answered to you – now I appeal to Caesar