TEARS FOR FEARS – Woman In Chains (live)

“Woman in Chains” is a song by English band Tears for Fears, released as the second single from their third studio album, The Seeds of Love (1989). It has been described as a “feminist anthem”. It was an international success, reaching the top 40 in several countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, and the Netherlands.

Going to California is a concert performance video by the British group Tears for Fears. Released in 1990, it is a recording of the band’s show at the Santa Barbara County Bowl in May 1990 during their “Seeds of Love” World Tour. The performance also features American vocalist/pianist Oleta Adams who had worked with the band on their album The Seeds of Love and joined them for the subsequent world tour.

You better love loving and you better behave You better love loving and you better behave Woman in chains Woman in chains

Calls her man the great white hope Says she’s fine, she’ll always cope Ohh, woman in chains Woman in chains

Well I feel lying and waiting is a poor man’s deal (a poor man’s deal) And I feel hopelessly weighed down by your eyes of steel (your eyes of steel) Well it’s a world gone crazy Keeps woman in chains

Oh oh oh oh oh Woman in chains Woman in chains

Trades her soul as skin and bones Sells the only thing she owns, oh oh Woman in chains Woman in chains

Men of stone Men of stone Oh, no no no

Well I feel Deep in your heart there are wounds time can’t heal And I feel Somebody somewhere is trying to breathe Well you know what I mean It’s a world gone crazy Keeps woman in chains

It’s under my skin but out of my hands I’ll tear it apart but I won’t understand I will not accept the greatness of man

It’s a world gone crazy Keeps a woman in chains Gone crazy, keeps woman in chains

So free her (repeat)