sittin´ down by my window,
just lookin´ out at the rain, at the rain
i said i´m sittin´ down by my window,
just lookin´ out at the rain.
you know somethin´ came along, grabbed a hold of me,
felt just like a ball and chain.

and i say, oh, oh, oh, hon´,
why does every thing go wrong?
it all goes wrong.
and i say, oh, now tell me why,
does every thing go wrong, all wrong.
say, here you gone today, an´ i wanted to love you
for so long.

love´s got a hold on me, baby,
feels just like a ball and chain, hmm hmm hmm.
oh, love´s got a hold on me, baby,
feels just like a ball and chain.
and i don´t know why the man i´m lovin´
wanna leave me in so much pain.

and i say, oh oh oh, hon´, tell me why,
tell me why, tell me why, oh tell me why, why, why.
and i say, oh, honey why, why, oh why, tell me why.
i thought our love would last
honey, gonna last, last
till the day i die.

and i say oh, whoa, whoa, hon´
it ain´t fair, it ain´t fair what you can do,
what you can do, lord.
and i say oh whoa,
lord, it ain´t fair, it ain´t fair what you can do, lord, you can do.
oh suddenly you broke my heart
oh when i was givin´ my love to you.

sittin´ down by my window,
just lookin´ out at the rain.
i said i´m sittin´ down by my window,
just lookin´ out at the rain.
somethin´ came along, grabbed a hold of me,
felt just like a ball and chain.

and i say oh, hon this can´t be
this can´t be all in vain, no, no, no.
and i say whoa, whoa, this can´t be,
honey, it can´t be all in vain,
hope there is someone that could tell me
hon´, tell me why love is like
a ball and chain.