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Sitting down by my window, |
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Whoa, whoa, looking at the rain. |
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Whoa, down by my window, baby, |
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And all around me, |
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I said suddenly I felt the rain. |
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Somethin' grabbed a hold of me, darling, |
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Honey, it felt to me, honey like, yeah, a ball and chain. |
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Oh honey, you know what I mean, |
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It just hurts me. |
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Say, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, it can't be |
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Whoa, it can't be, babe, |
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Said no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, hey. |
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Whoa, baby, it just can't be |
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Every time I want to reach out my hand. |
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No, no, no, no, no, babe, baby, never, no, no, |
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Never, never, no, no, no. |
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Here you gone today, but I wanted to love you, darling, |
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Oh, till the end of time, |
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Yeah! All right! |
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Love's got a hold on me baby |
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Feels like a ball and chain. |
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Oh, love just draggin' me down, yeah yeah yeah, |
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Feels like, honey sometimes it feels honey like a ball, yeah like a ball and a chain |
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Wonder why when I did the very best I could to love you |
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You wanted to leave me here, honey in so much pain |
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Come on, honey, I want you to tell me, please, yeah. |
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Say oh, oh, oh, oh, |
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Honey this can't be |
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No, no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no yeah. |
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Whoa, whoa, whoa |
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Honey, this can't be just because I want to want you |
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Does this mean I have to hide to cry, cry all the time ? |
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I just wanted to love you, darling, |
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Every day, oh, whoa, till the, to the very end, to the end of time, |
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Yeah, no no no no no, hit it! |
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Love's got a hold on me, baby, |
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Feels like a ball and chain. |
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Oh, love's holdin' on to me, |
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Feels to me, oh like a ball and a chain |
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Honey somethin' will grab around the knees, grab me in my heart, |
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Feels to me like a ball and a chain now, |
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Yeah, alright, yeah! |
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Say oh, oh oh oh, |
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Honey this can't be |
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Tell me please what am I askin' now, |
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It can't be babe |
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I know it just can't be, darling, no no. |
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Whoa whoa whoa, whoa darling don't you feel me reachin' out |
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Tell me, tell me, darling please |
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Tell, tell, tell me darling please, I'm gonna need it, |
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I want you to hear me baby |
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Tell me why, sometimes darling |
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I said sometimes I feel I got to know why |
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Sometimes I feel, honey, honey that I need to know why |
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I said baby when I ask you |
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I could use a little help sometime |
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When I say, I say tell me, come on man, |
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Tell me, tell me, babe, |
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Honey I never understood, why when I want to work my hands out, |
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I want to wear my hands out, I try the very best I can, babe |
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Why you always want to go, honey and let me down baby. |
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I said why I always wanna go, honey drag me around. |
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Seems like anything, it could be the telephone company man, |
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it could be the man I love, I always got something else going, you know what I mean ? |
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Over on the other side, say, not quite got it right this very minute. |
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I'm so sorry babe, I said I'm so very sorry babe, |
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But I never did promise you nothing, right ? I see what you mean. |
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Come on, man, now come on, that ain't the name of it, |
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And that ain't the end of it, you know what I mean. |
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Sometimes, it feels just about breaking things, you know what I mean. |
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Just like, just like a grave, just like a grave to call |
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Just like a cry to call. |
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Honey I never understood and I said please |
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Lord, I swear I never understood and I say please |
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I want you to help me, fill it up baby, |
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I want you to help me, I said allow me to hear |
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Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, |
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Honey make me understand why love just feels so heavy on me, darling, |
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Feels so bad on my back, babe, |
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Feels just like a ball, |
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Feels like a ball, ball, oh daddy feels like a ball, |
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And a chain. |
