Ball & Chain Lyrics

The song Ball & Chain is performed by XTC in the album named Upsy Daisy Assortment in the year 1997 .



Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah
The diggers and the tower cranes
The diggers and the tower cranes

Don't want demolition
Don't want your compensation
It's not just bricks and mortar
We are lambs to slaughter

Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah
The diggers and the tower cranes
The diggers and the tower cranes

Must we live in fear
From those who shed no tears?
Our one and only shelter
Your games, your helter skelter

Motorways and office blocks
They're standing on the spot where stood a home
Crushing on the memories of people
Who have since turned to stone, ah
They've turned to stone, ah, they've turned to stone

Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah
The diggers and the tower cranes
The diggers and the tower cranes



XTC - Upsy Daisy Assortment

Jun 1997

  1. Life Begins At The Hop
  2. Making Plans For Nigel
  3. Generals & Majors
  4. Respectable Street
  5. Senses Working Overtime
  6. Ball & Chain
  7. No Thugs In Our House
  8. Love On A Farmboy's Wages
  9. Funk Pop A Roll
  10. This World Over
  11. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
  12. Grass
  13. Dear God
  14. Earn Enough For Us
  15. The Mayor Of Simpleton
  16. King For A Day
  17. Chalkhills & Children

Ball & Chain