Ball And Chain lyrics

Song information

Artist: Janis Joplin
Album: Magic Of Love

Lyrics

Sitting down by my window
Whoa, whoa, looking at the rain
Whoa, down by my window, baby
And all around me
I said suddenly I felt the rain
Somethin' grabbed a hold of me, darling
Honey, it felt to me, honey like, yeah, a ball and chain
Oh honey, you know what I mean
It just hurts me

Say, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, it can't be
Whoa, it can't be, babe
Said no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, hey
Whoa, baby, it just can't be
Every time I want to reach out my hand
No, no, no, no, no, babe, baby, never, no, no
Never, never, no, no, no
Here you gone today, but I wanted to love you, darling
Oh, till the end of time
Yeah! all right!

Love's got a hold on me baby
Feels like a ball and chain
Oh, love just draggin' me down, yeah yeah yeah
Feels like, honey sometimes it feels honey like a ball, yeah like a ball and a chain
Wonder why when I did the very best I could to love you
You wanted to leave me here, honey in so much pain
Come on, honey, I want you to tell me, please, yeah

Say oh, oh, oh, oh
Honey this can't be
No, no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no yeah
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Honey, this can't be just because I want to want you
Does this mean I have to hide to cry, cry all the time ?
I just wanted to love you, darling
Every day, oh, whoa, till the, to the very end, to the end of time
Yeah, no no no no no, hit it!

Love's got a hold on me, baby
Feels like a ball and chain
Oh, love's holdin' on to me
Feels to me, oh like a ball and a chain
Honey somethin' will grab around the knees, grab me in my heart
Feels to me like a ball and a chain now
Yeah, alright, yeah!

Say oh, oh oh oh
Honey this can't be
Tell me please what am I askin' now
It can't be babe
I know it just can't be, darling, no no
Whoa whoa whoa, whoa darling don't you feel me reachin' out
Tell me, tell me, darling please
Tell, tell, tell me darling please, I'm gonna need it
I want you to hear me baby
Tell me why, sometimes darling
I said sometimes I feel I got to know why
Sometimes I feel, honey, honey that I need to know why
I said baby when I ask you
I could use a little help sometime
When I say, I say tell me, come on man
Tell me, tell me, babe
Honey I never understood, why when I want to work my hands out
I want to wear my hands out, I try the very best I can, babe
Why you always want to go, honey and let me down baby
I said why I always wanna go, honey drag me around
Seems like anything, it could be the telephone company man
It could be the man I love, I always got something else going, you know what I mean ?
Over on the other side, say, not quite got it right this very minute
I'm so sorry babe, I said I'm so very sorry babe
But I never did promise you nothing, right ? I see what you mean
Come on, man, now come on, that ain't the name of it
And that ain't the end of it, you know what I mean
Sometimes, it feels just about breaking things, you know what I mean
Just like, just like a grave, just like a grave to call
Just like a cry to call
Honey I never understood and I said please
Lord, I swear I never understood and I say please
I want you to help me, fill it up baby
I want you to help me, I said allow me to hear
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please
Honey make me understand why love just feels so heavy on me, darling
Feels so bad on my back, babe
Feels just like a ball
Feels like a ball, ball, oh daddy feels like a ball
And a chain