Social Distortion - Born to Lose

 

I was brought in this world 1962,

I didn't have much choice you see.
But by the time I was eight,
I could tell it was too late,
I was already barking up the wrong tree.

When 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.

Born to lose, was what they said,
You know I was better off dead.
Born to lose, you're just bad news,
You don't get a second chance.

It was a hot summer night in mid July,
A hangover and a black eye.
Your momma said I was a loser,
A dead end cruiser,

And deep inside I know that she was right.

Born to lose, was what they said,

You know I was better off dead.
Born to lose, you're just bad news,
You don't get a second chance.

I tried to get myself a job
Because that's the way that
Things are, wanna have nice
Things and go far.

Well I'm 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 a troublebound 

For this young man. 

The police knockin' at my door, 

"Well he don't live here no more 

And he's playin' in a rock'n'roll band."

Born to lose, was what they said,

You know I was better off dead.
Born to lose, you're just bad news,
You don't get a second chance.