Dokken - Prisoner Lyrics






It wasn't just your innocence
No, it wasn't temptation
It was just your own way
Of placing the blame on me

Stop thinking that it's all in vain
You keep trading your love for pain
Someday an answer will come
'Cause there ain't no way to escape

Baby I'm a prisoner
Chained by love
It's so easy to see
I can never be free
I'm a prisoner
Chained by love

The answer for your loneliness
Is only frustration
So you gave it all away
By placing the blame on me

Remember how it used to be
Your lies won't die that easily
Something's wrong
Why can't you see
There ain't no way to escape

Baby I'm a prisoner
Chained by love
It's so easy to see
I can never be free
I'm a prisoner
Chained by love
Chained by love
It's so easy to see
I can never be free
I'm a prisoner
Chained by love
Hold my heart in misery
'Cause I'm a prisoner
Did my time so let me be
Let me go
You're holding me

Someday an answer will come, your way
Something's wrong
Why can't you see
That there ain't no way to escape
Escape

Baby I'm a prisoner
Chained by love
It's so easy to see
I can never be free
I'm a prisoner
Chained by love
Chained by love
It's so easy to see
I can never be free
I'm a prisoner
Chained by love
Chained by love

It's so easy to see
I can never be free
I'm a prisoner
Chained by love





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  1. a.... a....

    We are prisoner of a new world order

  2. m.... j....

    1:11....Richard Gere on guitar!

  3. D.... F....

    Progetto

  4. T.... D....

    I love DoKKen, this has to be one of favorites of all time. Just an all around badass album.

  5. E.... P....

    Este álbum mi favorito de esta gran banda

  6. T.... T....

    My favorite Dokken album, and probably my favorite Dokken song as well. This should have been one of their biggest hits.

    Whole band absolutely on fire here.

  7. W.... R....

    Used to rock this when I was a college student in the 80's at Chico St., still rockin' with Dokken today. This music holds up! Still have long hair and no dye. Still fucking Rocking!!!

  8. M.... W....

    George Lynch & Andy Larocque of King Diamond are my favorite shredders.

  9. P.... P....

    Baby i’m prisoner change my loves❤️

  10. s.... x....

    Great song that was overlooked in the 80s!

  11. S.... Z....

    I'm a country boy from south Texas.I'm 51 and still my favorite band of any type of music.

  12. B.... B....

    I think Tobias Forge of Ghost had this song playing while he wrote "Rats".

  13. d.... p....

    great tune

  14. d.... p....

    great song

  15. r.... g....

    Hell yhea , love 80,s rock and metal. Most of the new shit you here Is forgotten pretty quick .

  16. O.... J....

    ...rhymes with rockin'

  17. C.... H....

    19 year old here rocking to the true rock and roll

  18. W.... J....

    For me Dokken has aged better than Motley Crue or even Skid Row. I never got bored and felt they got outdated like the other groups. That’s just me.

    W.... J....

    Wad Jay I agree with you! I think it’s because Dokken were more of a hard rock n roll band, you can hear it in their sound, the way the songs are written etc. But a lot of those other bands like Motley Crüe etc.. were more glam. Rock n Roll never ages, but glam? It’s a different story

    W.... J....

    @Marlon McDonald Project I still love glam though.

    W.... J....

    Shaise Kindering Yeah that’s cool! I’ve always liked Ratt, they’ve got a lot of catchy songs but still contains good riffs and lead solos. Bobby Blotzer is not a bad drummer either

    W.... J....

    @Marlon McDonald Project I love Ratt!!! More than Motley Crue actually 😀

    W.... J....

    Shaise Kindering Yeah same! I like Ratt better than Motley. I actually did a drum cover of a Ratt song. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P4tzycvKoEU It will sound better through big speakers or some earphones 👊🏽😎

  19. j.... c....

    Dokken is therapy for me.

  20. T.... i....

    Man, everytime i hear Lynchs guitar this absolute hurricane of surreality ingulf-swallowes-overtakes-surrounds-covers up my house.

  21. T.... i....

    Dokken cant get into the rock n roll hall of fame spot because they are to busy inductin a POP artist that makes fake sounds with a


    DEFINITION]

    POP ARTIST: A person that uses computers and synthesizers to enhance their sound and create fake drums and instruments thus having no need for skill:

  22. b.... ....

    Good music but dumb as shit lyrics. I mean he says I am a prisoner who cannot be set free by love? Obviously this idiot does not what love is. He is chained by what he considers love. His judgement is skewed. And it shows in his lyrics

    b.... ....

    brijah777 its about aids and gay relationships ew

    b.... ....

    brijah777 it was the 80s man, EVERYTHING was awesomely cheesy😃

    b.... ....

    brijah777 it's paradoxical.........

    b.... ....

    Don Dokken did not win 'Lyric writer of 1987' for this.

    Shockingly neither did Stephen Pearcy.

    b.... ....

    It makes sense to me. He's talking about normal things, this is the principal of whoever loves least has the most power in the relationship, and he obviously loves her more and she's probably more demanding and sees him less than he would like, even though he's a sucker for her and knows it. If you find true love, great.

  23. A.... d....

    Wish i could pay 1,000$ to have a video made of this oldie.

  24. R.... Z....

    hope they get into the rock and roll hall of fame

  25. E.... S....

    cant believe they didnt make video of this song !

  26. p.... u....

    I still live in the 80s. I drive 80s pick up truck. I work in my farm, I own a big ass disk player, I listen to heavy metal n hard rock. im happy.

    p.... u....

    painkiller619 undertaker sounds like a real life to me man.

    p.... u....

    DAMN RIGHT SIR! I Served for US,as did MANY OF US,U enjoy ALL your days man! Thank you for being an American!🍻

    p.... u....

    J.J.
    You sound like an angry little pussy!

    p.... u....

    No you don't. You're using YouTube.

    p.... u....

    Attaboy...

  27. R.... N....

    it seems that the not-so-famous stuff is better than the famous stuff

    R.... N....

    Reagan Niles are go with that

    R.... N....

    Reagan Niles Sooo..
    agree...I dug every song on this...one of my fav albums from back when.....😀 🤘

    R.... N....

    You realized?!

  28. n.... s....

    reunion..

  29. F.... ....

    love Dokken, Lynch riffs and great vocals by Don. Plus back in the day chics really digged 'email, lol.

  30. m.... m....

    not famous but very beatiful and heavy and powerful at same time