DESCRIPTION:
"No Chains Can Hold Him," performed by Julia Haltigan and The Hooligans at New York City's Bowery Electric on January 15, 2010. Bassist Bennett Miller is out of the frame on the viewer's right. Pictured are Julia, Steve Williams on drums, Emmet Haltigan on mouth harp, and Gerald Menke on the Telecaster. Here are the lyrics:

Glue I've tried it
But my man denied it
I got a little bit older
And my heart grew colder
Despite my efforts
I just can't get over

No because No chains can hold him
No no chains can hold him

He's tall and skinny
I can wrap my arms around him
He's got an upset stomach
That's just the way I found him
I thought I'd contain him
And keep him for myself

But no because No chains can hold him
No no no chains can hold him

Poison his kisses
Have got me feelin' blue
My tank is empty
And I'm wishin' I were through


Broken and shattered
Are the pieces of my heart
But my engine keeps humming
As it did right from the start

But No chains can hold him
No chains can hold him

Well rope he got out of
As I figured he might
And when I stapled his heart
It only made him dance slow
And though I keep my man cornered
He still gets out the door

You know because No chains can hold him
No chains can hold him
There's no keeping my man in chains

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