I was brought in this world
1962 didn't have much choice
you see but by the time i was eight
i could tell i was too late
i was already barking up the wrong treewhen i was in school
you thought i was a fool
in trouble, breaking all the rules
i was absent from class
my daddy spanked my bare ass
but i sure tried hard to be cool
chorus:
born to lose, was what they said,
you know i was better off dead
born to lose your just bad news
you dont get no second chanceit was a hot summer night
in mid july a hangover and
a black eye. your mama said
i was a loser, a dead end cruiser
and deep inside i knew that
she was rightRepeat chorusi tried to get myself a job
because thats the way things are
wanna have a nice things and go far
well im' sorry honey
i ain't got much money
but i can sure play this here old guitar
as the years went on
i made a few mistakes
it was troublebound for this
young man
the police knockin' at my door
" well he don't live he no more,
and he's playin' in a rock n' roll band"Repeat chorus
