Like A Ball and Chain - Jackie Greene

Well she, she’s so alive

She’s self-survived

She’s so alive

And I’m, I’m just her toy

I’m overjoyed

To be her toy

She was standing on the corner, looking like a foreigner

So I tried to warn her, said watch out for the businessman

But she shook her head, and my face got red

She turned and said that I better find another friend

So how can I compete

As time holds her down

By her reckless feet

Like a ball and chain

A ball and chain

She’s in my veins

She’s in my veins

I ain’t the same

Since I learned her name

She’s like a ball and chain

Now I, I looked around

And it’s a crazy town

If you look around

But she, she loves the sound

Of this crazy town

She loves the sound

Well I was at the wheel of an automobile

When I thought that I could steal her away for a Sunday drive

But she told me no, said she didn’t want to go

My heart said no, and I felt like a fool inside

So how can I persuade

I was born too soft to be

In love this way

Like a ball and chain

Like a ball and chain

She’s in my veins

She’s in my veins

I ain’t the same

Since I heard her name

She’s like a ball and chain

A ball and chain

Like a ball and chain

Like a ball and chain

I can’t tame

Her wicked game

I ain’t the same

Since I heard her name

She’s like a ball and chain