Bad Luck
Album: Las Vegas Rewind 1962 - Singers & SaintsText
I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU
A STORY ABOUT A MAN
A HARD LUCK STORY
AND HERE' HOW IT ALL BEGAN
WALKED INTO A SHADY JOINT
OUT PAST THE VEGAS STRIP
SAT DOWN AT A TABLE AND
TOLD HER TO DEAL ME IN
IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK
I WOULDN'KT HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL
BET A NICKEL AND LOST A DIME
THAT WAS MY FIRST MISTAKE
TOOK THE OVER AND THE UNDER WON
TRYING TO CATCH A BREAK
PRESSED MY LUCK ON A SUCKER BET
THAT'S WHEN I DID RECALL
THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK
I WOULDN'T HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL
UPPED THE ANTE AND DOUBLED DOWN
HOPING TO MAKE A SCORE
CRAPPED OUT LOOKING FOR AN EDGE
JUST LIKE I'D DONE BEFORE
IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK
I WOULDN'T HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL
LAID THE POINTS BUT PAID THE PRICE
THAT'S WHEN I SHOULD HAVE QUIT
LOST THE REST ON A PAIR OF DICE
TAPPED OUT AND THAT WAS IT
NOW I KNOW THAT LADY LUCK
WAS BETTING I'D TAKE A FALL
CAUSE IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK
I WOULDN'T HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL