Tied down, Lord, I'm tied down Heartaches have got me by the score
I guess I'm the one to blame Cause I want to change her name
I'm tied down forevermore
I've been working hard all week, saving up my dough
I'd like to go honky-tonking or go to see a show
My wife, she is mad at me, trouble I have found
Feeling good on a Saturday night, but I'm tied down
Tied down, Lord, I'm tied down
Heartaches have got me by the score
I guess I'm the one to blame
Cause I want to change her name
I'm tied down forevermore
I thought I'd get myself a wife so I could be free
From that doggone ball and chain that my folks had
On me, but I stepped off into shame
Now I wear a frown, it seems that I can't have no fun
Cause I'm tied down
As we walk down that long aisle, slowly hand in hand


What that preacher said to me I didn't understand
I found out now what it meant, and I'm feeling blue
I never will forget the day that I said I'd do
Tied down, Lord, I'm tied down
Heartaches have got me by the score
I guess I'm the one to blame Cause I want to change her name
I'm tied down forevermore