Ball And Chain In Album Monterey International Pop Festival lyrics

We got one more song, uh, it`s called Love Is Like a Ball and Chain



Sittin` down by my window,

Just lookin` on at the rain.

Mm, sittin` down by my window,

Just lookin` on at the rain.

Somethin` came along, honey, grabbed a hold of me,

An` it felt like a ball and chain.

Yeah! Alright!



And I said, oh, whoa, whoa, hon, tell me why,

Why does every thing go, go wrong ?

I said hon it all go wrong, I wanna know! I wanna know!

And I said, oh, whoa, whoa, honey, tell me why,

Why does every thing go wrong ?

I said babe it all go wrong, yeah.

Know, here you gone today, hon, I want to love you,

Babe, I want to love you for so long.

Yeah! Alright!



Love got a hold on me, baby,

And it feels like a ball and chain.

Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, love got a hold on me, baby,

Feels like a ball and chain.

Honey, I don`t know why the man I`m lovin`

Wanna go and leave me here, said wanna leave me here in so much pain.

Alright, there`s one more thing I`m gonna ask you, yeah!



And I said, oh, whoa, babe, tell me why,

Honey, tell me why, hon tell, tell me why,

I said baby why, baby why, why, Lord, yeah!

And I said, oh, whoa, whoa, baby, tell me why,

Oh tell me, when I ask you, I want to know why,

Now baby, lordy baby!

Here you gone today,

I want to love you, love you, love you,

Till the day I die.

Alright, yeah!!!!



And I said oh, whoa, whoa, hon

It ain`t fair,it ain`t fair, hon what you do,

I say baby what you`re doin` to me, no, no, no, no, no, no.

And I said oh, whoa, whoa, honey, it ain`t fair,

Darling, it ain`t fair what you do.

Darling, I tried to tell ya!

You went and you broke my heart, honey and it did not

You know I said it did not belong to you.

I want everybody, yeah!

Come on! Hey!



Sittin` down by my window,

Just lookin` on at the rain, peep at the rain, Lord.

Sittin` down by my window,

Just lookin` on at the rain. [Chuckles]

Somethin` came along, honey, grabbed a hold of me,

And it felt like a ball and chain.

Alright, everybody come for the last time, yeah!



And I said oh, whoa, whoa, hon

This can`t be,

No, this can`t be in vain,

Darling, I said no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Yeah!

And I said oh whoa, whoa, baby, this can`t be

Oh b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-ba-ba-ba-baby not in vain,

Darling no no, I said darling no no, yeah!

And I hope there`s someone who could tell me, come on,

Tell me why, oh tell me why

Oh baby tell me why love

Oh honey, why love is like

Well, it`s like a ball

And

And a chain.
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