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Ball And Chain (Live at The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, August 17, 1969)
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Listen to Woodstock Sunday August 17, 1969 (Live) by Janis Joplin
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Edwin H Kramer
Edwin H Kramer
Recording Engineer
Lee Osborne
Lee Osborne
Recording Engineer
Eddie Kramer
Eddie Kramer
Mixing Engineer
Vic Anesini
Vic Anesini
Mastering Engineer
Bob Irwin
Bob Irwin
Reissue Producer

Lyrics

Sittin' down by my window
Just lookin' out at the rain
Mmm, sittin' down by my window
Just lookin' out at the rain
Somethin' came along, honey, grabbed a hold of me
An' it felt like a ball and chain
Yeah! Oh baby!
And I said, oh, whoa, whoa, hon, tell me why
Why does every thing go, go wrong?
I said hon it all go wrong, I wanna know! I wanna know!
And I said, oh, whoa, whoa, honey, tell me why
Why does every thing go wrong?
I said babe it all go wrong, yeah
Know, here you gone today, hon, I want to love you
Babe, I want to love you for so long
Yeah! Alright!
Love got a hold on me, baby
And it feels like a ball and chain
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, love got a hold on me, baby
Feels like a ball and chain
Honey, I don't know why the man I'm lovin'
Wanna go and leave me here
Said, wanna leave me here in so much pain
And I said, oh, whoa, babe, tell me why
Honey, tell me why, hon tell, tell me why
I said baby why, baby why, why, Lord, yeah!
And I said, oh, whoa, whoa, baby, tell me why
Oh tell me, when I ask you, I want to know why
Now baby, lordy baby! Here you go today
I want to love you, love you, love you till the day I die
Alright, yeah!!!!
Yeah!
And I said oh, whoa, whoa, hon
It ain't fair, it ain't fair, honey what you do
I said, baby honey, what you're doin' to me
No, no, no, no, no, no
And I said oh, whoa, whoa, honey, it ain't fair
Darling, it ain't fair what you do
Darling, I tried to tell ya!
You went and you broke my heart, honey and it did not
You know I say it did not belong to you
I want everybody, yeah!
Come on! Hey!
Sittin' down by my window
Just lookin' out at the rain, peep at the rain, Lord
Sittin' down by my window
Just lookin' out at the rain {Chuckles}
Somethin' came along, honey, grabbed a hold of me
And it felt like a ball and chain
Alright, everybody come for the last time, yeah!
And I said oh, whoa, whoa, hon
This can't be, well no, this can't be in vain
Darling, I said no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Yeah!
And I said oh whoa, whoa, baby, this can't be
Oh b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-ba-ba-ba-baby not in vain
Darling no no, I said darling no no, yeah!
And I hope there's someone who could tell me, come on
Tell me why, oh tell me why
Oh baby tell me why love
Oh honey, why love is like
Well, it's like a ball and, and a chain
Written by: Big Mama Thornton

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