back when we made our plans to tie the knot my friends they all laughed at me a lot they slapped my back and told me how they thought i was insane they said son you re too young to wear that ball and chain but love don t feel like a ball and chain to me when i m close to you my heart feels wild and free if you are my jailer darling throw away the key love don t feel like a ball and chain to me love don t feel like a ball and chain it don t feel like a ball and chain love don t feel like a ball and chain to me well i still see my single friends from time to time and they ask me how it feels to walk the line well i tell them it feels better then i ever dreamed it would and i would not trade places with them even if i could no love don t feel like a ball and chain to me when i m close to you my heart feels wild and free if you are my jailer darling throw away the key love don t feel like a ball and chain to me well if it is a crime for a man to love his wife then throw that old book at me give me ninety nine to life and i ll spend every minute every hour every day holding you close i don t want to get away love don t feel like a ball and chain to me when i m close to you my heart feels wild and free if you are my jailer darling throw away the key love don t feel like a ball and chain to me love don t feel like a ball and chain to me love don t feel like a ball and chain to me love don t feel like a ball and chain to me 