Yeah! Alright!
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Sittin' down by my window,
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Honey, lookin' out at the rain.
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Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin' down by my window,
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Baby, lookin' out at the rain.
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Somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me,
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And it felt just like a ball and chain.
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Honey, that's exactly what it felt like,
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Honey, just dragging me down.
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And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hon', tell me why,
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Why does every single little tiny thing I hold on goes wrong ?
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Yeah it all goes wrong, yeah.
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And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why,
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Why does every thing, every thing.
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Hey, here you gone today, I wanted to love you,
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Honey, I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long,
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Yeah! Alright! Hey!
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Love's got a hold on me, baby,
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Feels just like a ball and chain.
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Now, love's just draggin' me down, baby, yeah,
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Feels like a ball and chain.
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I hope there's someone out there who could tell me
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Why the man I love wanna leave me in so much pain.
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Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me, come on, help me!
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And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hon', tell me why,
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Now tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me why, yeah.
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And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, when I ask you,
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When I need to know why, c'mon tell me why, hey hey hey,
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Here you've gone today,
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I wanted to love you and hold you
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Till the day I die.
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I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!
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And I say oh, whoa, whoa, no honey
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It ain't fair, daddy it ain't fair what you do,
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I see what you're doin' to me and you know it ain't fair.
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And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby
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It ain't fair, now, now, now, what you do
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I said hon' it ain't fair what, hon' it ain't fair what you do.
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Oh, here you gone today and all I ever wanted to do
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Was to love you
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Honey an' I think there can be nothing wrong with that,
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Only it ain't wrong, no, no, no, no, no.
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Sittin' down by my window,
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Lookin' at the rain.
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Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin' down by my window,
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Lookin' at the rain, see the rain.
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Somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me,
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And it felt like a ball and chain.
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Oh this can't be in vain
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And I'm gonna tell you one just more time, yeah, yeah!
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And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
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This can't be, no this can't be in vain,
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And I say no no no no no no no no, whoa!
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And I say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
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Now now now now now now now now now no no not in vain
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Hey, hope there is someone that could tell me
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Hon', tell me why,
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Hon', tell me why love is like
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Just like a ball
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Just like a ball
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Baaaaaaalllll
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Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy
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And a chain.
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Yeah!
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Ball And Chain
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| Janis Joplin |
