Ball and Chain Lyrics

Well, it's been ten years and a thousand tears And look at the mess I'm in A broken nose and a broken heart An empty bottle of gin
Well, I sit and I pray In my broken down Chevrolet While I'm singin' to myself There's got to be another way
Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well, I'm lonely and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away Never to return again Take away, take away Take away, this ball and chain
Well, I've searched and I searched To find a perfect life A brand new car and a brand new suit I even got me a little wife
But wherever I have gone I was sure to find myself there You can run all your life But not go anywhere
Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well, I'm sick and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away Never to return again Take away, take away Take away, take away this ball and chain
Well, I'll pass the bar on the way To my dingy hotel room I spent all my money I've been drinkin' since a half past noon
Well, I'll wake there in the mornin' Or maybe in the county jail Times are hard gettin' harder I'm born to lose and destined to fail
Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain well, I'm lonely and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away Never to return again Take away, take away Take away, take away this ball and chain