Janis with Big Brother & Holding Company perform Ball and Chain before a live studio audience.
...sitting down by my window just looking out at the rain
something came along honey grabbed a hold of me and it felt like a ball and chain alright and i said whoa honey tell me why baby why why why come on
Now I thought our love would last honey 'til the day I'd die I said it ain't fair honey why you do what you do to me no no and I say whoa honey it ain't fair what you do then you went and broke my heart and didn't I say I belong to you
sitting down by my window just looking out at the rain
something came along honey grabbed a hold of me and it felt like a ball and chain
and I said whoa honey this can't be no this can't be babe please honey please And I want someone who can tell me wanna tell me why love is like a ball and a chain.