Ball and Chain
XTC * Track #2 On English Settlement
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Album English Settlement
- #1
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- #2Ball and Chain
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- #3
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- #4Jason and the Argonauts
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- #5
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- #6Yacht Dance
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- #7All of a Sudden (It’s Too Late)
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- #8Melt the Guns
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- #9Leisure
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- #10It’s Nearly Africa
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- #11Knuckle Down
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- #12Fly on the Wall
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- #13Down in the Cockpit
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- #14English Roundabout
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- #15Snowman
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Ball and Chain by XTC
Release Date
Performed by
XTCWrited by
Colin MouldingAbout
A song protesting rampant overdevelopment of English towns and countrysides. This began after WWII under the pretense of clearing damaged buildings and town centers, which were replaced and supplanted with government-planned and somewhat sterile New Towns. (See also XTC’s angry early song “New Town...
Ball and Chain Lyrics
[Chorus]
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah
The diggers and the tower cranes
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah
The diggers and the tower cranes
The diggers and the tower cranes
[Verse 1]
Don't want demolition
Don't want your compensation
It's not just bricks and mortar
We are lambs to slaughter
[Chorus]
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah
The diggers and the tower cranes
The diggers and the tower cranes
[Verse 2]
Must we live in fear
From those who shed no tears?
Our one and only shelter
Your games, your helter skelter
[Bridge]
Motorways and office blocks
They're standing on the spot where stood a home
(Oh no, no)
They're crushing on the memories
Of people who have since turned to stone (ahh)
They've turned to stone (ahh)
They've turned to stone
[Chorus]
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah
The diggers and the tower cranes
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain
Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah
The diggers and the tower cranes
The diggers and the tower cranes
The diggers and the tower...
Ball and Chain Q&A
Who wrote Ball and Chain's ?
Ball and Chain was written by Colin Moulding.
Who produced Ball and Chain's ?
Ball and Chain was produced by Hugh Padgham & XTC.
When did XTC release Ball and Chain?
XTC released Ball and Chain on Fri Feb 12 1982.