Ball and Chain (Live at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Canada - July 1970)-Janis Joplin

　　　 Artist：janis joplin Songs Title：ball and chain Album by: Greatest Hits Artist by: Janis Joplin 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.