Lyrics:

I am a working man
Doing the best I can
I toe the line each day

To those who set the pace
Im just another face
But someday soon Ill lose this

Ball and chain
Everydays a life of pain
Ball and chain
Feel like Im dragging round this ball and chain

Im only flesh and bone
Still they want blood from stone
And they cry more more more

Someday theyll know my name
If I can stand the strain
And I wont have to haul this

Ball and chain
Everydays a life of pain
Ball and chain
Feel like Im dragging a ball and chain

Someday Im gonna break out
And Ill be free
And living in paradise
I wont have to crawl
Ill walk with my head held high

Well day after day
And week after week
They wear you down
Till youre dead on your feet
And what do you get?
What do you got?
You got nothin

So you stay where you are
For security sake
You got a family to feed
And pennies to make
Its a damn...

Ball and chain
Everydays a life of pain
Ball and chain
Feel like Im dragging round a ball and chain

Ball and chain...