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Artist: Martin Harley
Canonical path: /martin-harley/ball-amp-chain
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Ball & Chain
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Ball & Chain
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Well, I used to hear my blackbird
Oh, singin' out every day
Used to hear my blackbird
Oh through the bars of a Birmingham jail
Oh won't you sing about my true love
Tell me how long did she wait?
Oh, before she laid down with another man
Without this ball and chain
Oh, oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
I've been gathering my sorrow
Oh, like a cloud it gathers rain
And I've been holding on for so long
Soon I will get free again
Oh, high above these prison walls
My sorrow is my shame
'Cause I don't remember what it feels like
Without this ball and chain
Oh, oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, blackbird won't you find me
Find me where I lay
Won't you take me home to Jesus
Without this ball and chain
Without this ball and chain
Oh, oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh oh. Haw-haw
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh. Haw-haw haw
Oh, oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
I used to hear my blackbird
Oh, singin' out every day.I used to hear my blackbird
Oh, singin' sweet songs as I wake
Well blackbird won't you find me
Oh won't you find me where I lay
Won't you take me home to Jesus
Mmm, without this ball and chain
Without this ball and chain
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