Daniel Lanois

The Unbreakable Chain

Daniel Lanois


You wake up and there's something there tugging at your sleeve 
It's not the pitter-patter of the one in your dreams 
Held on by the chain, the unbreakable chain 
Held there by the chain, the unbreakable chain 

You walk and you know that the wind is not passing you by 
It's speaking and you listen and the tears don't come out when you cry 
cry cry cryin won't break the unbreakable chain 
cryin won't break the unbreakable chain 

It's thirty years ago and you live with your decision 
You talk to him in a prayer - you send out your transmission 
But a prayer won't break the unbreakable chain, 
Your prayers won't break the unbreakable chain 

Your baby's not yours but he walks the streets of your city 
He wants to know you, there's no self pity 
It's pulling at your heart, the unbreakable chain 
pulling at your heart, with the unbreakable chain 

And you, you put an ad in the paper - it's foolish but maybe 
maybe he'll see cause he's searching for mama mi 
oh mama here, mama feel the unbreakable chain 
mama feel the unbreakable chain 

You can't believe that it's now, it's turned itself around 
You're frightened of the way that you look, but you meet him there in town 
Oh, the joy and the fear of the unfailable pain 
The joy and the fear of the unfailable pain 

He stares at you and you step back and no words are spoken 
You say hello to your boy and he says 'Mama you've awoken' 
ah, yes you have broken the unbreakable chain - 
yes you have broken the unbreakable chain 

You have broken the unbreakable chain 
yeah, you have broken the unbreakable chain