Born To Be Unlucky by Larry Norman


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Maximum Son by Larry Norman

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Born To Be Unlucky
by Larry Norman

Album: Maximum Son


i was born about eighteen years ago

in a little wooden shack

i was born about eighteen years ago

on the wrong side of the tracks

and i never knew my father

and i never had a home

well i don't know where i came from

and i don't know where i'm goin'



i was born to be unlucky

from my shoulders to my shoes

and i guess i'm stuck with my unlucky blues



when i was just a young boy

i was raised on beans and trout

and on my seventh birthday

well my momma, she threw me out

they say i'm good for nothin'

no one treats me kind

i don't care cause pretty soon

i'm gonna leave this world behind



I was born to be unlucky

from my shoulders to my shoes

and i guess i'm stuck with my unlucky blues



i jumped into the river

to try to put myself away

a man jumped in and saved me

spoiled a perfect day

he dragged me to the river's edge

he said he knew i had a need

then he pulled out a soggy Bible

and that man began to read


well he told me things i did not know

i'm glad i did not die

'cause he told me God's my father

and my real home is in the sky

and i said



harmonica and lead guitar speak



he said i done a very foolish thing

to try to drown myself and die

and i told him i was glad

he happened to be passing by

he said God would forgive me

so i repented of my sin

then he said i must be baptized

and he threw me in again



awww i was born to be unlucky

from my shoulders to my shoes

i thought i must be stuck with these unlucky blues


oh yeh



lead guitar break



my life has changed in many ways

i'm such a different man

well i know now who my father is

and i know just where i stand

with one foot up in Heaven

and one foot on the ground

i travel through this world of ours

i try to spread God's word around



i was born to be unlucky (i know'd it)

from my shoulders to my shoes

but i came unstuck from my unlucky blues

yea
ow and maybe you can too...alright


and this is just the beginning


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