Ball and chain
by Janis Joplin
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Yeah! Alright!
Sittin´ down by my window,
Honey, lookin´ out at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin´ down by my window,
Baby, lookin´ out at the rain.
Somethin´ came along, grabbed a hold of me,
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 goes wrong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah.
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why,
Why does every thing, every thing.
Hey, here you gone today, I wanted to love you,
Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long,
Yeah! Alright! Hey!
Love´s got a hold on me, baby,
Feels just like a ball and chain.
Now, love´s just draggin´ me down, baby, yeah,
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 an´ I think there can be nothing wrong with that,
Only it ain´t wrong, no, no, no, no, no.
Sittin´ down by my window,
Lookin´ at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin´ down by my window,
Lookin´ 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 just 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,
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!
Goodnight and thank you for coming
And have a happy happy Easter Sunday.
Sittin´ down by my window,
Honey, lookin´ out at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin´ down by my window,
Baby, lookin´ out at the rain.
Somethin´ came along, grabbed a hold of me,
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 goes wrong?
Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah.
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why,
Why does every thing, every thing.
Hey, here you gone today, I wanted to love you,
Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long,
Yeah! Alright! Hey!
Love´s got a hold on me, baby,
Feels just like a ball and chain.
Now, love´s just draggin´ me down, baby, yeah,
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 an´ I think there can be nothing wrong with that,
Only it ain´t wrong, no, no, no, no, no.
Sittin´ down by my window,
Lookin´ at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin´ down by my window,
Lookin´ 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 just 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,
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!
Goodnight and thank you for coming
And have a happy happy Easter Sunday.