Ball and Chain

Be careful with your hobbies

They may define you someday

Hold on to some of your stories

Save just a few from the soundwaves

God bless the man behind the microphone

God damn that silver ball and chain

And what does it mean... mean to be honest?

When the audience decides what you mean

Some do it for fame, some do it for glory

Well some days I miss playing the streets

God bless the man behind the microphone

God damn that silver ball and chain

And if you couldn't get anyone to listen

Would you finish what you began?

'Cause I refuse to be letters on a marquee

Refuse to be buried on that bandstand

God bless the man behind the microphone

God damn that silver ball and chain