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.

Well, 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.

CHORUS: 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 no 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 knew that se was right.

REPEAT CHORUS:

I try to get myself a job,

Because of the way that things are,

Would I have nice things and go far?

Well, I'm sorry honey,

I ain't got much money,

But I can sure play this here ol' guitar.

As the years went on,

I make a few mistakes.

It was trouble bound 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.

REPEAT CHORUS X2