Lyric discussion by StrawberryGashes13 

Cover art for Lucky Ball & Chain lyrics by They Might Be Giants

I always thought I was a divorce, referring his wife to "ball and chain" but it just hit me that he could be going to jail. How they used to wear those ball chained to their ankles. and she wont take him back when he gets out of jail

I could shake my tiny fist and say I wasn't wrong what's the sense of arguing when your all alone

like what's the use in fighting in the courts becuase he's lost everthing, so what does it matter if he goes to jail, seeing as he's lost him home anyways.