SINGER: Janis Joplin

SONG:Ball And Chain ( In Album Cheaper Thrills )

Sittin' down by my window,
just lookin' out at the rain, at the rain
i said i'm sittin' down by my window,
just lookin' out at the rain.
you know somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me,
felt just like a ball and chain.
And i say, oh, oh, oh, hon',
why does every thing go wrong ?
it all goes wrong.
and i say, oh, now tell me why,
does every thing go wrong, all wrong.
say, here you gone today, an' i wanted to love you
for so long.
Love's got a hold on me, baby,
feels just like a ball and chain, hmm hmm hmm.
oh, love's got a hold on me, baby,
feels just like a ball and chain.
and i don't know why the man i'm lovin'
wanna leave me in so much pain.
And i say, oh oh oh, hon', tell me why,
tell me why, tell me why, oh tell me why, why, why.
and i say, oh, honey why, why, oh why, tell me why.
i thought our love would last
honey, gonna last, last
till the day i die.
And i say oh, whoa, whoa, hon'
it ain't fair, it ain't fair what you can do,
what you can do, lord.
and i say oh whoa,
lord, it ain't fair, it ain't fair what you can do, lord, you can do.
oh suddenly you broke my heart
oh when i was givin' my love to you.
Sittin' down by my window,
just lookin' out at the rain.
i said i'm sittin' down by my window,
just lookin' out at the rain.
somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me,
felt just like a ball and chain.
And i say oh, hon this can't be
this can't be all in vain, no, no, no.
and i say whoa, whoa, this can't be,
honey, it can't be all in vain,
hope there is someone that could tell me
hon', tell me why love is like
a ball and chain.