Ball and Chain

Written by Catherine Feeney and Nikki Lamborn

Appears on:
Vancouver 97 (2009 album)
While-U-Wait (2001 album)
Live at ULU (2004 album)
For Richer For Poorer (2004 DVD)

Lyrics

Why do they come if they have to go
In my dream there's no tomorrow
If I had a friend I could trust he'd know
Then all his smiles I could borrow
I'd get on with my happy face
And I'd live my life in my perfect place and I'd

Break this ball and chain
I gotta get away from this house of pain
I gotta break this ball and chain
This ball and chain

Every part of me has its price
I don't hide behind a label
I'm easy to be with but who am I
A pictureless frame on a table
Waiting round for my happy face
In another time and another place when I

Break this ball and chain
I gotta get away from this house of pain yeh yeh
I gotta break this ball and chain
This ball and chain

Why do they come if they have to go
Why do they come if they have to go

So here I am with my happy face
And I'm sick and tired of this perfect place and I
I gotta. I gotta.... Wah!

Break this ball and chain
I gotta get away from this house of pain yeh yeh
I gotta break this ball and chain
Gotta get away from this house of pain
I gotta break this ball and chain
This ball and chain