I was spending my time in the doldrums I was caught in a cauldron of hate I felt persecuted and paralyzed I thought that everything else would just wait While you are wasting your time on your enemies Engulfed in a fever of spite Beyond your tunnel

La de dah de dah La de dah dah de de I come from a long line of sinners like me Here's to a long line of sinners like me I was fifteen when my daddy's old man Caught me half way through my first beer He laughed so hard when my face turned green He said

Lord, what can a poor boy do? Falling down like rain Well, my bad luck is falling Bad luck is falling No matter what I do Seems like my luck won`t never change I felt kinda lucky My luck was running slow The last hand I caught four aces and the police

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit Well, that was just a lie You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time And you ain't no friend of mine Well they said you was high-classed Yeah they said you was high-classed You know they said you was

But it's over now But you put on quite a show You really had me goin' Curtain's finally closin' That was quite a show Very entertaining (But it's over now) Baby when I know you're only sorry you got caught

Lord, what can a poor boy do? Falling down like rain Well, my bad luck is falling Bad luck is falling No matter what I do Seems like my luck won`t never change I felt kinda lucky My luck was running slow The last hand I caught four aces and the police

I'm gonna let it go, oh, oh, oh yeah Today, I'm gonna keep on walkin' I'm gonna hold my head up high Today, I'm gonna stand out in the rain Let it wash it all away, yeah, wash it all away I been caught sideways out here on the crossroads Tryin' to buy

I'm still haunted by the best years of The best years of my life 'Cause I was caught up in the crime It's a loaded memory Yeah, it kills me every time And I'm trying not to scream but it's eating me alive A pocket full of pills and a forty in my mouth

Nothing fucks with my baby Ain't you my baby? Nothing can get in the kid or my baby Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing When I first saw you The end was soon To Bethlehem It slouched and then Must've caught a good look at you

La de dah de dah La de dah dah de de I come from a long line of sinners like me Here's to a long line of sinners like me I was fifteen when my daddy's old man Caught me half way through my first beer He laughed so hard when my face turned green He said