SINGER: The Cookies

SONG:Chains

Chainsthe cookieswritten by carole king and gerry goffinthe cookies, who were friends of carole king and gerry goffin's babysitter, one "little" eva boyd. after they wrote "the loco-motion" for her, they wrote this for her friends.peaked at # 17 in 1962later covered by the beatles as an album track in 1964 [beatles please please me cd] and also by co-songwriter carole king in 1980 [carole king pearls cd].chains, my baby's got me locked up in chainsand they ain't the kind that you can see-ee-ee-eewhoa, oh, it's chains of lo-o-ovegot a hold on me, yeahchains, well, i can't break away from these chainsi can't run around 'cause i'm not free-ee-ee-eewhoa, oh, these chains of lo-o-ovewon't let me be, yeahnow, believe me when i tell you "i think you're fine"i'd like to love you but, darling, i'm imprisoned by thesechains, my baby's got me locked up in chainsand they ain't the kind that you can see-ee-ee-eewhoa, oh, it's chains of lo-o-ovegot a hold on me, yeahi wanna tell you, pretty baby, "your lips look sweet"i'd like to kiss them but i can't break away from all of thesechains, my baby's got me locked up in chainsand they ain't the kind that you can see-ee-ee-eewhoa, oh, it's chains of lo-o-ovegot a hold on me, yeahchains, chains of lo-o-o-ovefadechains of lo-o-o-ove