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  -------------------------------------------------