Im not sure how many others have had an eperiance like I did. But around the end of 2005, I first discovered the band social distortion. I enjoyed their music, but never really listened to it. In June of 2006, my life went into the gutter, my fiancee left me, I was kicked out of my home... And found myself Living out of my car, barely making 6 an hour at a resteraunt. Listening to Social Distortion one day, I fell across the song by Social D titled "Ball and Chain"
And it Opened my eyes. Ive been trying to change myself so much to appease everyone else, that I wound up homeless and broken hearted.
"Ball and Chain"
Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears
And look at the mess I'm in-
A broken nose and a broken heart,
An empty bottle of gin
Well I sit and I pray
In my broken down Chevrolet-
While I'm singin' to myself
There's got to be another way
CHORUS
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
I'm lonely and I'm tired
And I can't take any more pain
Take away, take away
Never to return again
Take away, take away
Take away this ball and chain
Well I've searched and I've searched
To find the perfect life-
A brand new car and a brand new suit
I even got me a little wife-
But wherever I have gone
I was sure to find myself there-
You can run all your life
But not go anywhere
CHORUS
Well I'll pass the bar on the way
To my dingy hotel room-
I spent all my money
Been drinkin' since half past noon-
I'll wake there in the mornin'
Or maybe in the county jail-
Times are hard getting harder
I'm born to lose and destined to fail-
CHORUS
- Now it took me 6 months to climb back up to where I was before it all started, and even so, im still not making it well. I have a roof over my head once again, food in my stomach, but I still am struggling just to make it by. Hopefully in the coming months I either can get myself a good job, or get into the Army, either or, I can only pray that things continue to look up from here.