Ball and Chain

Be careful with your hobbies
 They may define you someday
 Hold on to some of your stories
 Save just a few from the soundwaves
 God bless the man behind the microphone
 God damn that silver ball and chain
 And what does it mean... mean to be honest?
 When the audience decides what you mean
 Some do it for fame, some do it for glory
 Well some days I miss playing the streets
 God bless the man behind the microphone
 God damn that silver ball and chain
 And if you couldn't get anyone to listen
 Would you finish what you began?
 'Cause I refuse to be letters on a marquee
 Refuse to be buried on that bandstand
 God bless the man behind the microphone
 God damn that silver ball and chain