Ball & Chain

[00:31.02] Well, it's been ten years and a thousand tears
[00:34.95] And look at the mess I'm in
[00:38.57] A broken nose and a broken heart
[00:42.21] An empty bottle of gin
[00:45.45] Well, I sit and I pray
[00:49.05] In my broken down Chevrolet
[00:51.73] While I'm singin' to myself
[00:56.58] There's got to be another way
[00:59.74] Take away, take away
[01:03.69] Take away this ball and chain
[01:07.32] Well, I'm lonely and I'm tired
[01:10.24] And I can't take any more pain
[01:14.49] Take away, take away
[01:18.35] Never to return again
[01:23.63] Take away, take away
[01:34.72]
[01:39.33] Take away, this ball and chain
[01:45.32]
[01:55.98] Well, I've searched and I searched
[01:59.95] To find a perfect life
[02:03.75] A brand new car and a brand new suit
[02:07.37] I even got me a little wife
[02:10.52] But wherever I have gone
[02:14.11] I was sure to find myself there
[02:17.91] You can run all your life
[02:21.54] But not go anywhere
[02:24.96] Take away, take away
[02:28.83] Take away this ball and chain
[02:32.52] Well, I'm sick and I'm tired
[02:36.33] And I can't take any more pain
[02:39.71] Take away, take away
[02:43.67] Never to return again
[02:47.02] Take away, take away
[02:51.03] Take away, take away this ball and chain
[03:18.26]
[04:20.43] Well, I'll pass the bar on the way
[04:24.08] To my dingy hotel room
[04:28.35] I spent all my money
[04:31.60] I've been drinkin' since a half past noon
[04:35.14] Well, I'll wake there in the mornin'
[04:39.10] Or maybe in the county jail
[04:42.47] Times are hard gettin' harder
[04:46.28] I'm born to lose and destined to fail
[04:50.28] Take away, take away
[04:53.60] Take away this ball and chain
[04:57.33] well, I'm lonely and I'm tired
[05:00.77] And I can't take any more pain
[05:04.57] Take away, take away
[05:08.56] Never to return again
[05:13.81] Take away, take away
[05:22.74] Take away, take away this ball and chain
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