Lyrics People With Bad Luck - Greg Brown

People With Bad Luck

If ya got the good luck it’s hard to figure out
What the one with the bad luck is carryin on about
What would just enough of the good luck and money or the lack of it do
Make a young man of 40 an old man of 22
People with the bad luck lookin at the people with the good luck and they’re
goin, ooooh
Maybe someone you thought was very kind and true
Turned around and did somethin just plain mean to you
And it might make you cry, and it might make you real mad
And it might get you to thinkin about the kind of luck that you both had
People with the bad luck lookin at the people with the good luck and they’re
goin, ooooh
Don’t we all want to laugh a little, don’t we all want to cry
Don’t we all want to live a little before it’s time to die
If ya got the good luck it sure might seem that way
But if you got the bad luck you just cannot make it through the day
People with the bad luck lookin at the people with the good luck and goin, ooooh
Once I had me a good friend, he was funny and full of cheer
But his luck was always so bad and he’s no longer here
Sometimes in this world I’m wonderin that we ain’t grateful for every breath
Sometimes in this world I’m wonderin that we don’t all just drink ourselves to
death
People with the bad luck lookin at the people with the good luck and they’re
goin, ooooh
Yeah the people with the bad luck lookin at the people with the good luck and
they’re goin, ooooh