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Artist: Big Brother and The Holding Company
Canonical path: /big-brother-and-the-holding-company/ball-and-chain
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Ball and Chain
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Ball and Chain
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Sittin' down by my window
Honey, lookin' out at the rain
Oh, Lord, Lord, sittin' down by my window
Baby, lookin' out at the rain
Somethin' came along
Grabbed a hold of me, honey
And it felt just like a ball and chain
Honey, that's exactly what it felt like
Honey, just dragging me down
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hon'
Tell me why
Why does every single little tiny thing
I hold on to go wrong ?
Yeah it goes wrong, yeah
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa
Now babe, tell me why
Does every thing, every thing
Hey, here you gone today
I wanted to love you
I just wanted to hold you
I said, for so long
Yeah! Alright! Hey!
Love's got a hold on me, baby
Feels like a ball and chain
Now, love's just draggin' me down, baby
Feels like a ball and chain.
I hope there's someone out there
Who could tell me
Why the man I love wanna leave me
In so much pain
Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me
Come on, help me!
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hon'
Tell me why
Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Tell me why, yeah
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
When I ask you
When I need to know why
C'mon tell me why, hey hey hey
Here you've gone today
I wanted to love you and hold you
Till the day I die
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!
And I say oh, whoa, whoa, no honey
It ain't fair, daddy it ain't fair what you do
I see what you're doin' to me
And you know it ain't fair
And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby
It ain't fair, now, now, now, what you do
I said hon' it ain't fair what
Hon' it ain't fair what you do
Oh, here you gone today
And all I ever wanted to do
Was to love you
Honey you can still hear me
Rock and roll the best
Only it ain't roll, no, no, no, no, no
Sittin' down by my window
Lookin' out at the rain
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin' down by my window
Lookin' out at the rain, see the rain
Somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me
And it felt like a ball and chain
Oh this can't be in vain
And I'm gonna tell you one more time, yeah!
And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
This can't be, no this can't be in vain
And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa
And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Now now now now now now now
Now now no no not in vain
Hey, hope there is someone that could tell me
Hon', tell me why love is like
Just like a ball
Just like a ball
Baaaaaaalllll
Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy
Daddy, daddy, daddy
And a chain
Yeah
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