Ball and Chain Lyrics by Big Brother & the Holding Company

Ball and Chain Lyrics

    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, 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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