Like a Ball and Chain

She She's so alive She's self-survived She's so alive And I'm, I'm just her toy I'm overjoyed To be her toy She was standing on the corner, looking like a foreigner So I tried to warn her, said watch out for the businessman But she shook her head, and my face got red She turned and said that I better find another friend So how can I compete? As time holds her down By her reckless feet Like a ball and chain A ball and chain She's in my veins She's in my veins I ain't the same Since I learned her name She's like a ball and chain I I looked around And it's a crazy town If you look around But she She loves the sound Of this crazy town She loves the sound Well, I was at the wheel of an automobile When I thought that I could steal her away for a Sunday drive But she told me no, said she didn't want to go My heart sank low, and I felt like a fool inside So how can I persuade? I was born too soft to be in Love this way Like a ball and chain A ball and chain She's in my veins, man She's in my veins I ain't the same Since I learnt her name She's like a ball and chain Like a ball and chain Like a ball and chain Like a ball and chain I can't tame Her wicked game I ain't the same Since I heard her name She's like a ball and chain A ball and chain That's right Oh, yeah