Every nights a ball and chain
Without further growth or blooming
Every nights an open vein
A tourniquet to show I'm feeling
And every nights a vanquished mile
a race that's run but never winning
Oh every nights a crooked smile
to keep the chorus girls from singing
Oh every nights a ball and chain
What a crooked cross to bear
Too many idle cries to help me
For the wicked they can stare
and every ba*tard I've admired
and everyone that left me standing
Oh all my empathies retire
for every nights a ball and chain
I'll count the cards to wax the earth
The orphan says to me behave son
This funnel is my lesson learned
for every nights a ball and chain
Oh every nights a ball and chain
What a crooked cross to bear
Too many idle cries to help me
For the wicked they can stare
Hand me the shotgun from the stairs
and the 12 shells on the window
all the apostles are in style
for every nights a ball and chain
Oh every nights a ball and chain
What a crooked cross to bear
Too many idle cries to help me
For the wicked they can stare
Oh every nights a ball and chain
What a crooked cross to bear
Too many idle cries to help me
For the wicked they can stare
and every ba*tard I've admired
and everyone that left me standing
Oh all my empathies retire
for every nights a ball and chain