1.Ball and Chain
Sittin？down by my window,
Honey, lookin？out at the rain.
Oh, Lord, Lord, sittin？down by my window,
Baby, lookin？out at the rain.
Somethin？came along, grabbed a hold of me, honey,
And it felt just like a ball and chain.
Honey, that exactly what it felt like,
Honey, just dragging me down.
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hon？ tell me why,
Why does every single little tiny thing I hold on to go wrong ？
Yeah it goes wrong, yeah.
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now babe, tell me why,
Does every thing, every thing.
Hey, here you gone today, I wanted to love you,
I just wanted to hold you, I said, for so long,
Yeah! Alright! Hey!
Love got a hold on me, baby,
Feels like a ball and chain.
Now, love just draggin？me down, baby,
Feels like a ball and chain.
I hope there someone out there who could tell me
Why the man I love wanna leave me in so much pain.
Yeah, maybe, maybe you could help me, come on, help me!
And I say, oh, whoa, whoa, now hon？ 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, c on tell me why, hey hey hey,
Here you e gone today,
I wanted to love you and hold you
Till the day I die.
I said whoa, whoa, whoa!!
And I say oh, whoa, whoa, no honey
It ain fair, daddy it ain fair what you do,
I see what you e doin？to me and you know it ain fair.
And I say oh, whoa whoa now baby
It ain fair, now, now, now, what you do
I said hon？it ain fair what, hon？it ain fair what you do.
Oh, here you gone today and all I ever wanted to do
Was to love you
Honey you can still hear me rock and roll the best,
Only it ain roll, no, no, no, no, no.
Sittin？down by my window,
Lookin？out at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin？down by my window,
Lookin？out at the rain, see the rain.
Somethin？came along, grabbed a hold of me,
And it felt like a ball and chain.
Oh this can be in vain
And I gonna tell you one more time, yeah, yeah!
And I say oh, whoa whoa, now baby
This can be, no this can 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
Hon？ tell me why love is like
Just like a ball
Just like a ball
Baaaaaaalllll
Oh daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy
And a chain.
Yeah.
2.I Need A Man To Love
Whoa, I need a man to love me.
Don you understand me, baby ？
Why, I need a man to love.
I gotta find him, I gotta have him like the air I breathe.
One lovin？man to understand can be too much to need.
You know it
Can be now
Oh no
Can be now
Oh no
Can be now
Oh no
Can be now
Oh no
Can be now
Oh no
Can be this loneliness
Baby, surrounding me.
No, no, know it just can be
No it just can be
There got to be some kind of answer.
No it just can be
And everywhere I look, there none around
No it just can be
Whoa, it can be
No it just can be, oh no!
Whoa, hear me now.
Whoa, won you let me hold you ？
Honey, just close your eyes.
Whoa, won you let me hold you, dear ？
I want to just put my arms around ya, like the circles going
ound the sun.
Let me hold you daddy, at least until the morning comes.
Because it
Can be now
Oh no
Can be now
Oh no
Can be now
Oh no
Can be now
Oh no
Can be now
Oh no
Can be this loneliness
Baby, surrounding me.
No, no, no it just can be.
No it just can be
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, just can be.
No, no, no
No it just can be
And why can anyone ever tell me, now ？
No it just can be
I wake up one morning, I realize
No it just can be
Whoa, it can be.
No it just can be
Now go!
Whoa, I need a man to love me
Oh, maybe you can help me, please.
Why, I need a man to love.
But I believe that someday and somehow it bound to come along
Because when all my dreams and all my plans just cannot turn out
wrong.
You know it
Can be now Oh no
Can be now Oh no
Can be now Oh no
Can be now Oh no
Can be now Oh no
Can be just loneliness
Baby, surrounding me
No, no, no, it just can be
No it just can be
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, it just can be
No it just can be
And who could be foolin？me ？
No it just can be
I e got all this happiness
No it just can be
Come, come, come on, come on, come on, and help me now.
No it just can be
Please, can you hear my cry ？
No it just can be
Whoa, help ...
3.Piece of my heart
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on!
Didn I make you feel like you were the only man eah!
Didn I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ？
Honey, you know I did!
And each time I tell myself that I, well I think I e had enough,
But I gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, yeah,
yeah.
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it if it makes you feel good,
Oh, yes indeed.
You e out on the streets looking good,
And baby deep down in your heart I guess you know that it ain
right,
Never, never, never, never, never, never hear me when I cry at
night,
Babe, I cry all the time!
And each time I tell myself that I, well I can stand the pain,
But when you hold me in your arms, I l sing it once again.
I l say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it!
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah,
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.
I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!
oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, c on
now.
oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby.
You know you got it hoahhhhh!!
Take it!
Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah,
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, hey,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.
4.Combination of the two
Ooh!
Yeah yeah!
Alright, baby!
Everybody got it,
They e all trying to feel it
Everybody dancing and singing romance
And they want to feel more, baby.
Baby, I e got to feel you more
Hey come on, feeling good, baby, baby,
Come on and do it, come on, come on,
Come on try it with me, try it with me, baby.
Oh, whoa, whoa, mama, mama, mama,
Oh, whoa, alright, come on, feel it!
Oh, whoa, waaaah!!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
Yeah, we e gonna knock ya, rock ya,
Gonna sing at ya now. Hmm!
Alright, alright!
Hey baby!
Everybody over at the Avalon Ballroom in the San Francisco bay
Everybody have-have-have have a lot of fun, I know!
I can tell you they e feeling good
Gotta try the feeling baby
Gotta try the feeling, gotta try.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Yeah, we e gonna knock ya, rock ya,
Gonna sing at ya now.
Hey!
Ooh!
Don matter who you are, no,
Don matter where you come from
You just gotta try to feel it
C on, c on, c on, c on, c on, c on, c on,
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, ready.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, come on, boys!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Waah!!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Yeah, we e gonna knock ya, rock ya,
Gonna sing at ya now.
Do do do do do do do do do do do do do.
5.Turtle Blues
Ah, I a mean, mean woman
And I don mean no one man, no good, no.
I a mean, mean woman,
I don mean no one man, no good.
I just treats m like I wants to
I never treats m, honey like I should.
Oh, Lord, I once had a daddy,
He said he give me everything in sight.
Once had a daddy,
Said he give me everything in sight.
Yes, he did
So I said, oney, I want the sunshine,
you take the stars out of the night.
Come on and give m to me, babe, ause I want m right now.？
I ain the kind of woman
Who make your life a bed of ease, ha ha ha ha!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I not the kind of woman, no,
To make your life a bed of ease.
Yeah, but if you, if you just wanna go out drinkin？ honey,
Won you invite me along please.
Oh, I l be so good to ya babe, yeah!
Whoa, go on!
I guess I just like a turtle
That hidin？underneath its horny shell.
Whoa, whoa, oh yeah, like a turtle
Hidin？underneath its horny shell.
But you know I very well protected ？I know this goddamn life too
well.
Oh! Now call me mean, you can call me evil, yeah, yeah,
I e been called much of some things around,
Honey, don ya know I have!
Whoa, call me mean or call me evil
I e been called much of some things, all things around,
Yeah, but I gonna take good care of Janis, yeah,
Honey, ain no one gonna dog me down.
Alright, yeah.
6.Summertime
Summertime, time, time,
Child, the living easy.
Fish are jumping out
And the cotton, Lord,
Cotton high, Lord, so high.
Your daddy rich
And your ma is so good-looking, baby.
She looking good now,
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
No, no, no, no, don you cry.
Don you cry!
One of these mornings
You e gonna rise, rise up singing,
You e gonna spread your wings,
Child, and take, take to the sky,
Lord, the sky.
But until that morning
Honey, n-n-nothing going to harm you now,
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Don you cry,
Cry.
7.Oh Sweet Mary
Yeah!
Oh, sweet Mary, child of confusion, she runs the hills to cry
Past the willows or an illusion, Lord, tell me the reason why.
Tell me why, why is it all so hard ？
Breathing in the air Breathe in the air
Anyone to care.
Oh!
(Alright, yeah!)
Oh, sweet Mary, in our story, have we nothing left to give ？
But don we all know, babe, if we e pressed to, that that the way
we live.
Tell me why, why is it all so hard ？
Breathing in the air Breathing in the air
Anyone to care, oh, yeah!
Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now,
Hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, hop now, whoa,
yeah!
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