Just an accidental boy, never really there Blending in to beige and grey walls Never noticed in a room, records and guitar Forever lonely and small Away from a dirty sharp tongue Ran a number on what would become
To be lucky one time, what a man I could be World fallin’ at my feet But the hard way was all I could find And a dead- end street 'Til the red-headed girl I might find To be lucky one time
A seventh son I was, a ragged sixth sense A fifth of bad whiskey in a perfect past tense I gave it all up, I’ll never go forth Lookin’ stronger than I was to my friends Born under that sign I could never erase Left out of that battle that I could taste
To be lucky one time, what a man I could be World fallin’ at my feet But the hard way was all I could find And a dead- end street 'Til the red-headed girl I might find To be lucky one time
A dangerous thing, left to my own mind Turned away when her mercy came to me I measured every dollar, counted every dime ‘Til I blew it all again when it was free Hey uncle I could surely use a hand On Christmas could you spare a couple grand?
To be lucky one time, what a man I could be World fallin’ at my feet But the hard way was all I could find And a dead- end street 'Til the red-headed girl I might find To be lucky one time