And I can't take any more pain
Well, I've searched and I searched
There's got to be another way
But wherever I have gone
You can run all your life
well, I'm lonely and I'm tired
While I'm singin' to myself
Take away, take away
To my dingy hotel room
Take away, take away
Take away, take away
I spent all my money
Never to return again
Take away, take away
I'm born to lose and destined to fail
Take away this ball and chain
Take away, this ball and chain
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away this ball and chain
Take away this ball and chain
And I can't take any more pain
Well, I'll pass the bar on the way
To find a perfect life
Well, I'm sick and I'm tired
I've been drinkin' since a half past noon
Or maybe in the county jail
Never to return again
An empty bottle of gin
Times are hard gettin' harder
I was sure to find myself there
Well, I'm lonely and I'm tired
Take away, take away
Take away, take away
A brand new car and a brand new suit
But not go anywhere
Take away, take away
Never to return again
Take away, take away
A broken nose and a broken heart
I even got me a little wife
Well, I sit and I pray
In my broken down Chevrolet
Take away this ball and chain
Take away, take away
Well, I'll wake there in the mornin'
