Ball and Chain

 



You can tie it with ball and chain
bind it to your bed
hold it within your hands
place it while you sleep under your head
you can cage it under lock under key
cover it from daylight as that may be
gag it’s mouth to sing quietly
only for you not for me
pay it some money offer any kind of bribe
to slip under the cover somehow try to hide
but love cannot be brought cannot be sold
wise as it is and just as old
it comes and goes as it please
dances in a winter storm to tease
no amount of begging nor ocean of tears
will make it quiver from a mountain of fears
brave as a knight strong as the wind
it comes it takes it destroys everything
all one can do is humbly bow and ask in a prayer
love has come now how can I keep it here?