Janis Joplin – Ball And Chain Break Down lyrics

Album: Pearl (Legacy Edition)

I don't understand how come you're gone, man. I don't understand why half the world is still crying, man,
when the other half the world is still crying too, man.
And I can't get it together.
I mean, if you got a cat for one day, man.
I don't mean, if you, say, say maybe you want a cat for 365 days, right? You ain't got 'em for 365 days.
You got 'em for one day, man. Well, I'll tell you, that one day, man, better be your life, man.
Because, you know, you can say aw man, you can cry about the other 364, man,
but you're gonna lose that one day, man. And that's all you got;
you gotta call that love, man.
That's what it is, man.
If you got it today you don't wear it tomorrow, man. 'Cause you don't need it.
'Cause, as a matter of fact, as we discovered on the terrain, tomorrow never happens, man.
It's all the same fucking day, man.

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