Ball and Chain ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )
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!

Oh honey you don't know how nice it is to be back home, thank you. Alright. Harry ? No, no. It's a Deal. No. Down on Me, we'll do it.


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Alternate)   Me and Bobby McGee [#][Version]   Me and Bobby McGee [Alternate Version][#]   Me And Bobby McGee [Demo Version]   Me And Bobby McGhee   Me and My Bobby Mcgee   Me Bobby Mc Gee   Mercedes Benz   Mercedes Benz (Remix) (Janis Joplin vs. Medicine H...   Mercedes Benz [*]   Misery 'n   Misery'n   Mississippi River   Moanin' at Midnight   Move Over   Move Over ( in album motion picture )   Move Over ( in album pearl )   Move Over (Single Version)   Move Over (Take 13)   Move Over (Take 17)   Move Over (Take 6)   Mr. Natural   Mr. Natural (Cuts)   My Baby   My Baby ( Different version Quadraphonic CQ 30322)   My Baby ( in album pearl )   My Baby (Alternate Take)   My Baby (Alternate Version)   No Reason for Livin'   Nobody Knows You When You Are Down And Out   Nobody Knows You when You're Down & Out   Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out   Nobody Knows You When Your Down and Out   Oh My Soul   Oh, Sweet Mary   One Good Man   One Night Stand   One Night Stand (Alternate Take)   Pearl [#][*][Instrumental]   Piece Of My Heart   Piece of My Heart ( in album cheap thrills )   Piece of My Heart ( in album Live at Winterland '6...   Piece Of My Heart ( In Album Woodstock )   Piece of My Heart (in album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic B...   Piece of My Heart (Live at Woodstock)   Piece Of My Heart (Live)   Piece of My Heart [Live at Woodstock][#][*]   Piece of My Heart [Live]   Piece of My Heart [Live][#]   Piece of My Heart [Live][#][*]   Port Arthur High School Reunion   Raise Your Hand   Raise Your Hand ( In Album Woodstock )   Raise Your Hand ( In Album Woodstock )   Raise Your Hand ( In Album Woodstock )   Raise Your Hand ( in boxs of pearls )   Raise Your Hand [#]   Raise Your Hand [Live]   Raise Your Hand [Live][#]   Raise Your Head   River Jordan   Road Block   Road Block ( in album cheap thrills )   Road Block ( in album Monterey International Pop F...   San Francisco Bay Blues   See See Rider   Silver Threads and Golden Needles   So Sad To Be Alone   Son Of A Preacher Man   Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield cover)   St. James Infirmary   Stealin'   Stealin' Stealin'   Summertime   Summertime ( in album cheap thrills )   Summertime ( in album Live at Winterland '68 )   Summertime ( in album motion picture )   Summertime ( In Album Woodstock )   Summertime [Alternate Take][#]   Summertime [Live at Woodstock][#][*]   Summertime [Live]   Summertime [Live][#]   Summertime [Live][#][*]   Summertime[take 1]   Summetime   Take Another Little Piece of   Take Another Little Piece of My Heart   Tell Mama   Tell Mama (Calgary 04 07 1970)   Tell Mama (Live Version)   Tell Mama [Live]   Tell Mama [Live][#][*]   That's Rock 'n' Roll (Live)   The Bottom Line   The Last Time   The Peoples Song   The Rose   Those Were The Days   To Love Somebody   To Love Somebody ( In Album Woodstock )   To Love Somebody [Live]   To Love Somebody [Live][#]   Train Rap with Bonnie Bramlett   Trouble in Mind   Trouble In Mind (Live)   Trouble in Mind [#]   Trust Me   Trust Me ( in album pearl )   Try   Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) ( in album I Got De...   Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) ( In Album Woodstoc...   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [#]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [DVD]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [Live]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [Live][#]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [Live][#][*]   Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)(Toronto 28 06 1970)   Turtle Blues   Vamp on Time   Walk Right in   What Good Can Drinkin' Do   What Good Can Drinkin' Do?   Whisperman   White Rabbit   Winin' Boy   Women Is Loosers   Women Is Losers   Women Is Losers ( in album cheaper thrills )   Women Is Losers ( in album magic of love)   Work Me, Lord   Work Me, Lord ( In Album Woodstock )   Work Me, Lord [#]   Work Me, Lord [Live]

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