I'LL NEVER BE FREE
(Benny Benjamin / George David Weiss)

Savannah Churchill - 1949
Annie Laurie & Paul Gayton - 1949
Kay Starr & Tennesse Ernie Ford - 1950
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - 1950
Johnnie Ray - 1956
LaVern Baker - 1956
Janis Martin - 1957
Tab Hunter - 1958
Wesley Reynolds - 1958
Jean Shepherd - 1959
Chris Connor - 1959
Roy Hamilton - 1961
Goldie Hill - 1961
Etta Jones - 1962
Johnny & Jonie Mosby - 1969
Aretha Franklin - 1969
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - 1978
Mel Tillis & Nancy Sinatra - 1981
Merle Haggard & Leona Williams - 1983
Van Morrison - 1995
Johnny Bush & Leona Williams - 2000
Willie Nelson & Lee Ann Womack - 2004

Also recorded by: Billie Jo Spears; Patti Page;
Shirley & Lee; Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pat Boone;
Ernie Andrews; Jack & Misty: ...... and others.


Each time I hold someone new
My arms grow cold aching for you
No one can take your place
Darling in my embrace
I'll never be free

And when my lips burn with desire
No other kiss puts out the fire
Though I may try and try
No one can satisfy this longing in me

I'll never be free from your smile so tender
The sweet surrender in your eyes
How can I be free when I still remember
How you could thrill me with a sigh

Just like a chain bound to my heart
Your love remains when we're apart
Each kiss I gave to you
Made me a slave to you
I'll never be free


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As recorded by Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford:


BOTH:
Each time I hold somebody new
My arms grow cold aching for you
STARR:
No one can take your place
FORD:
Darling in my embrace
BOTH:
I'll never be free

BOTH:
And when my lips burn with desire
No other kiss puts out the fire
STARR:
Though I may try and try
FORD:
No one can satisfy
BOTH:
This longing in me

FORD:
I'll never be free from your smile so tender
The sweet surrender in your eyes
STARR:
How can I be free when I still remember
How you could thrill me with a sigh

BOTH:
Just like a chain bound to my heart
Your love remains when we're apart
STARR:
Each kiss I gave to you
FORD:
Made me a slave to you
BOTH:
I'll never be free

(Instrumental Break)

BOTH:
Just like a chain bound to my heart
Your love remains when we're apart
STARR:
Each kiss I gave to you
FORD:
Made me a slave to you
BOTH:
And so I'll never be free
I'll never be free


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2005)


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