Kozmic Blues Band - Ball and Chain (1969-04-01: Amsterdam, Netherlands) Lyrics

Lyrics Ball and Chain (1969-04-01: Amsterdam, Netherlands) - Kozmic Blues Band



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!



Writer(s): Willie Mae Thornton


Kozmic Blues Band - Blow All My Blues Away: A Retrospective 1962 - 1970

1 Psyche
2 Light Is Faster Than Sound (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
3 Summertime (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
4 Mr. Natural (cuts out) (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
5 Bye Bye Baby (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
6 Women Is Losers (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
7 All Is Loneliness (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
8 Call on Me (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
9 Ball & Chain (live: 1968-xx-xx: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
10 So Sad to Be Alone (live: 1965-xx-xx)
11 Stealing (late 1962 or early 1963: [unknown coffeehouse], Grant Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco, CA, USA)
12 San Francisco Bay Blues (live: 1963-xx-xx: San Francisco, CA, USA)
13 Careless Love (late 1962 or early 1963: [unknown coffeehouse], Grant Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco, CA, USA)
14 I Ain't Got a Worry (1966-xx-xx: James Gurley reel)
15 Silver Threads & Golden Needles (1963-xx-xx: Reel #1: Austin, Texas)
16 Catch Me Daddy (live: 1968-04-xx: New Generation Club, New York City, NY, USA)
17 Piece of My Heart (live: 1968-04-xx: New Generation Club, New York City, NY, USA)
18 Down on Me (live: 1966: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
19 No Reason for Living (1964-xx-xx: Reel #2: Austin, Texas)
20 Summertime (live: 1968-10-26: Hollywood Palace, CA, USA)
21 I Need a Man to Love (live: 1968-10-26: Hollywood Palace, CA, USA)
22 Combination of the Two (1968-xx-xx: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
23 Farewell Song (1968-xx-xx: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
24 Piece of My Heart (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
25 Summertime (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
26 Coo Coo (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
27 Combination of the Two (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
28 Ball & Chain (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
29 Down on Me (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
30 Hesitation Blues (1964-06-25: The Typewriter Tape: Jorma Kaukonen's mother's house, San Jose, CA, USA)
31 Piece of My Heart (reprise) (live: 1968-08: Newport Festival)
32 Piece of My Heart (1969-04: Swedish TV)
33 Long Black Train Blues (1964-06-25: The Typewriter Tape: Jorma Kaukonen's mother's house, San Jose, CA, USA)
34 Summertime (1969-04: Swedish TV)
35 Work Me Lord (1969-04: Swedish TV)
36 Mary Jane (1965-xx-xx: San Francisco, CA, USA)
37 Stay With Me (live: 1969-03-21: Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA)
38 Call on Me (1967: Mainstream LP Session outtake)
39 Bye, Bye Baby (1967: Mainstream LP session outtake)
40 It's a Deal (1968-03-19: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
41 To Love Somebody (1969-07-xx: Dick Cavett Show)
42 Easy Once You Know How (1968-03-19: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
43 Roadblock (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
44 Little Girl Blue (1969-12-xx: Tom Jones Show)
45 Flower in the Sun (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
46 Raise Your Hand (1969-12-xx: Tom Jones Show)
47 Misery'n (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
48 Kozmic Blues (live: 1969-12-11: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA)
49 Catch Me Daddy (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
50 Farewell Song (1968-03-25: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
51 Summertime (1968-03-28: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
52 Mercedes Benz (live: 1970-08-12: Harvard Stadium)
53 Misery'n (1968-04-01: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
54 Try (live: 1970-08-12: Harvard Stadium)
55 Catch Me Daddy (1968-04-01: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
56 My Baby (live: 1970-08-12: Harvard Stadium)
57 Harry (1968-06-12: Cheap Thrills studio session outtake)
58 My Baby (1970-03-xx: Dick Cavett Show)
59 Magic of Love (1968-03-01 or 1968-03-02: The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI, USA)
60 Down on Me (1968-03-01 or 1968-03-02: The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI, USA)
61 Piece of My Heart (1968-03-01 or 1968-03-02: The Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI, USA)
62 Ball and Chain (1969-04-01: Amsterdam, Netherlands)
63 One Night Stand (take 1) (1970-03-28: studio session) (outtake)
64 One Night Stand (take 2) (1970-03-28: studio session) (outtake)
65 Get It While You Can (1970-06-25: Dick Cavett Show, ABC TV)
66 Call on Me (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
67 Combination of the Two (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
68 Blow My Mind (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
69 Down on Me (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
70 All Is Loneliness / Drum Solo (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
71 Road Block (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
72 Light Is Faster Than Sound (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
73 Bye Bye Baby (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
74 Goin' to Brownsville (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
75 Ball and Chain (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
76 I Know You Rider (live: 1967-02-12: California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA)
77 Gospel Ship (live: Fall 1962: San Francisco, CA, USA)
78 Stealin' (live: Fall 1962: San Francisco, CA, USA)
79 Daddy Daddy Daddy (live: Fall 1962: San Francisco, CA, USA)
80 Careless Love (live: Fall 1962: San Francisco, CA, USA)
81 Mary Jane (live: 1962-12-xx: Folk Theater, San Jose, CA, USA)
82 Trouble in Mind (1964-xx-xx: Jorma Kaukonen's House, San Jose, CA, USA)
83 Combination of the 2 (cuts in) (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
84 I Need a Man to Love (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)
85 Flower in the Sun (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)



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