I lost my lucky ball and chain

And now she's four years gone

Just five feet tall and sick of me

And all my rattling on

She threw away her baby-doll

I held on to my pride

But I was younng and foolish then

I feel old and foolish now



Confidentially

She never called me baby-doll

Confidentially

I never had much pride

But now I rock a bar stool

and I drink for two

Just pondering this time bomb in my mind



CHORUS

She walked away from a happy man

I thought I was so cool

I just stood there whistling

"There goes the bride"

As she walked out the door



I could shake my tiny fist

And swear I wasn't wrong

But what's the sense in arguing

When you're all alone?

Sure as you can't steer a train

You can't change your fate

When she told me of that day

I knew I'd lost my home



Confidentially

I never told you of her charms

Confidentially

We never had a home

But this railroad apartment

Was the perfect place

When she'd sit and hold me in her arms



I lost my lucky ball and chain

And now she's four years gone

Just five feet tall and sick of me

And all my rattling on



CHORUS

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