16 Miles of Chain

Lower me down into the ground

With sixteen miles of chain

To find a heart for the man I love

The one that wouldn't stray

Through the door to the devil's store

From the ashes, dark and stained

He pulled out a new black heart

With sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

"Been waitin' for you a long time, girl"

The heart began to say

"A body freed is all I need

And I will never stray"

Through wind and trees, it sang to me

"In love we will remain"

And I fell in love with that new black heart

And sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

I fell in love with that new black heart

And sixteen miles of chain

"Come on down from the roof, my dear

See what I have found"

Into that chest that I love best

I pushed that black heart down

In my lover's face, I saw

Betrayal and the pain

And now I'm tied to that cold black heart

With sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

I paid in blood for that cold black heart

And sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

I paid in full for that new black heart

With sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain

Sixteen miles of chain