You don't get no second chance
Born to lose, you're just bad news
I was already barking up the wrong tree
Born to lose, was what they said
You thought I was a fool
But by the time I was eight
You know I was better off dead
Your momma said I was a loser
I was absent from class
Born to lose, you're just bad news
Born to lose, you're just bad news
Born to lose, you're just bad news
Well when I was in school
As the years went on
You don't get a second chance
It was a hot summer night in mid July
Born to lose, was what they said
Born to lose, was what they said
I tried to get myself a job
You don't get no second chance
Born to lose, was what they said
And he's playin' in a rock and roll band
Trouble bound for this young man
I could tell it was too late
You know I was better off dead
A dead end cruiser
Well he don't live here no more
You know I was better off dead
Well I'm sorry honey I ain't got much money
In trouble breaking all the rules
The police knockin' at my door
Because that's the way that things are
But I sure tried hard to be cool
My daddy spanked my bare ass
You know I was better off dead
And deep inside I know that she was right
I made a few mistakes it was
But I can sure play this here old guitar
Wanna have nice things and go far
A hangover and a black eye
