[Verse 1]
People, listen up, don't stand too near
I've got something that you all should hear
All lies, all the lies they told to me
Form a little part of history
I was always taught that boy meets girl
Fall in love, get married and forget the world
Nine months later, a sweet baby's on the way
Kiss him on the cheek, and life's okay

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't feel no pain
I don't have no time
To listen to conflicting points of view

[Chorus]
It's a crazy world to live alone
A ball and chain I call my own
Ba-na-na-na-na

[Verse 2]
People, listen up, don't stand too close
I've got something that you all should know
Holy Matrimony's not for me
Rather die alone in misery
'Cause I was always taught that boy meets girl
Fall in love, get married and forget the world
Nine months later, a sweet baby's on the way
Isn't that what they used to say?
[Pre-Chorus]
When the girl you knew
And the bonds that we grew
Turned into a ball and chain

[Chorus]
I step into the great unknown
On a ball and chain I call my own
Ba-na-na-na-na

A crazy world to live alone

[Pre-Chorus]
When a girl you knew
And the bonds that we grew
Turned into a ball and chain

[Chorus]
I step into the great unknown
On a ball and chain I call my own

[Verse 3]
[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
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't feel no pain
I don't have no time
To listen to conflicting points of view

[Chorus]
I step into the great unknown
On a ball and chain I call my own
Ba-na-na-na-na