yeah alright sitting down by my window honey looking out at the rain lord lord lord sitting down by my window baby looking out at the rain something 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 hun 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 dragging 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 wants to leave me in so much pain yeah maybe maybe you could help me come on help me and i say oh whoa whoa now hun 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 come on tell me why hey hey hey here you ve gone today i wanted to love you and hold you until the day i die i said whoa whoa whoa and i say oh whoa whoa no honey it isn t fair daddy it isn t fair what you do i see what you re doing to me and you know it isn t fair and i say oh whoa whoa now baby it isn t fair now now now what you do i said hun it isn t fair what hun it isn t fair what you do oh here you gone today and all i ever wanted to do was to love you honey and i think there can be nothing wrong with that only it isn t wrong no no no no no 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 hun tell me why hun tell me why love is like just like a ball just like a ball ball oh daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy and a chain yeah 2