People listen up don't stand to close
I got something that you all should know
All the lies, all the lies they told to me
from a little part of history
See, I was always taught that boy meets girl
fall in love, get married and forget the world
Nine months later, sweet babys on the way
Kiss 'em on the cheek and life's ok
I don't feel no pain, I don't have no time
to listen, to conflicting points of view, oh
It's a crazy world to live alone
Ball and chain I call my own
A banana na nan
People's got back don't stand too near
I've got something that you all should hear
Holy, matrimony's not for me
Rather die alone in misery
I was always taught that boy meets girl
fall in love, get married and forget the world
Nine months later sweet babys on the way
Isn't that what they used to say?
With a girl you knew
And the bonds we grew
Oh, turned into a ball and chain
I step into the great unknown
A ball and chain I call my own
A banana na noohw
Crazy world to live alone
Pa ra pa, pa pa ra pa
Pa ra ra pa pa pa pa pa pa
Pa pa ra ra ra pa pa
Paaa raaa raa pa pa ra pa
Paaaaa raa pa pa pa ra pa
pa pa ra pa pa pa pa paaaa
Pa pa ra ra ra pa pa
Pa la na la na la na la na la loh
With a girl you knew
And the bonds we grew
Oh, turned into a ball and chain hummmmm
I step into the great unknown
A ball and chain I call my own
Huh huh huh huh
Because marriage doesn't work in the world today
it's an institution that is in decay
And if I have love I wish to portray
I will surely find another way
Because I was always taught that boy meets girl
fall in love, get married and forget the world
Nine months later the sweet baby's on the way
Kiss him on the cheek and life's okay
With a girl you knew
And the bonds we grew
Oh, turned into a ball and chain
I step into the great unknown
A ball and chain I call my own
A bana pa pa poow