Cheap Thrills - Ball and Chain (with lyrics)

Sittin down by my window,
Honey, lookin out at the rain.
Oh, Lord, Lord, sittin down by my window,
Baby, lookin out at the rain.
Somethin came along, grabbed a hold of me, honey,
And it felt just like a ball and chain.
Honey, thats 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 to go wrong ?
Yeah it goes wrong, yeah.
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why,
Does every thing, every thing.
Hey, here you gone today, I wanted to love you,
I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long,
Yeah! Alright! Hey!

Loves got a hold on me, baby,
Feels like a ball and chain.
Now, loves just draggin me down, baby,
Feels like a ball and chain.
I hope theres 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, cmon tell me why, hey hey hey,
Here youve 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 aint fair, daddy it aint fair what you do,
I see what youre doin to me and you know it aint fair.
And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby
It aint fair, now, now, now, what you do
I said hon it aint fair what, hon it aint fair what you do.
Oh, here you gone today and all I ever wanted to do
Was to love you
Honey you can still hear me rock and roll the best,
Only it aint roll, no, no, no, no, no.

Sittin down by my window,
Lookin out at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin down by my window,
Lookin out at the rain, see the rain.
Somethin came along, grabbed a hold of me,
And it felt like a ball and chain.
Oh this cant be in vain
And Im gonna tell you one more time, yeah, yeah!

And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
This cant be, no this cant 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 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.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Janis
• Joplin
• Big
• Brother
• Holding
• Company
• Ball
• Chain
• Lyrics
• Seventies
• Psychadelic
• Rock
• Music

[bodiza420]

God I love that woman... Toast.. to the baddest bitch who ever walked the face of the motherfuckin Earth.. Little girl Blue.. an yeah, I might be a bit drunk ;)

[flamesounds]

LSD music. End of story. With James Gurley's hellfire and brimstone guitar laying down the gospel.

[SkullCeations]

Hey honkies. You folks wanna buy some heroin? Goddamnit, I'm serious. All I'm trying to sell you is some pure fucking smack! This is the real stuff! You won't get hooked. I just got back from Vietnam. I wanna sell you some pure fucking smack... pure... fuck...

[able506]

@flamesounds your right im wrong my bad

[flamesounds]

@able506 What did R.Crumb know about guitar? Tell you what, if you don't believe me email Sam on his Facebook page and ask him. Or watch a couple of the live videos on YouTube and see for yourself who played it. James played the solo On 'Combination of the Two' and he and Sam both soloed on 'I Need a Man To Love' and 'Summertime' Sam soloed on 'Piece Of My Heart' Peter played the solos on 'Turtle Blues' and 'Oh, Sweet Mary'

[able506]

@flamesounds well then the album cover art is incorrect because i checked it myself a few minutes ago it reads lead guitar:sam

[flamesounds]

@able506 I bought this album in 1968 when it was released. Sam Andrew is a friend of mine, as are Peter and Dave. I have unreleased tracks of mine Dave has played on. I know what I'm talking about. That is James Gurley playing the solos on Ball And Chain. James played as many solos as Sam did. Before Janis joined the band James was their star attraction with his wild feedback guitar solos. He even duelled with Hendrix a time or two. Now you know the truth.

[able506]

@flamesounds not trying to be a dick man but sam andrews is the one playing lead guitar on this track james is laying down rhythm like he does on most big brother tunes

[genxxxersize]

FUCKING AWESOME!

[MrLaurence19]

Who in hell could vote this thumb down?

[MMZen]

I've been told the reason for the pause in the start is because they blew a circuit breaker.