[Verse 1]
Did you say it was black tie?
I lost a button, but it fits just fine
Remind me what time

Do you kids still high five?
Cool Dad is fun, Cool Dad's your favorite guy!
Watch me on the floor

[Chorus 1]
Ball and Chain, what would I be
Without this weight that's pullin' me?
Down and out and back again

Don't ask me
Don't ask me

[Verse 2]
So I'm givin' you these keys
Ten minutes more, no matter what I say
Then the Irish goodbye

The seat's up too far
Back roads I'm spinning with the starry sky
Pour me out at home
[Chorus 2]
Ball and Chain, what would I be
Without this weight that's pullin' me?
Down and out and back again

Don't ask me
Don't ask me

[Verse 3]
I'm a little bit surprised
I sleep for fifty years, and you're still here
Takin' up my side

And the sun moves so fast
Too fast to see, too bright to look too long
I open up my eyes

[Chorus 3]
Ball and Chain, what would I be
Without this weight that's pullin' me?
Down and out and back again

Don't ask me
Don't ask me