Born To Lose

As a boy, I only wanted to be happy, But there was always somethin' there to drive it down Another pothole in the road laid out before me, Or a treasure that was lost and never found I didn't notice just how long ago I noticed But once I did, I knew I never could unsee Any time I started in the right direction I ended up somewheres you'd never wanna be Born to lose, so they say. Never knowed it to be any other way T'wasn't something that I asked for, or somethin' I would choose Since the day that I was born, oh honey, I was born to lose I hesitate to celebrate good fortune, 'Cause I know the other shoe is sure to fall No good deed of mine has ever gone unpunished, If not for bad luck then I'd have no luck at all I don't know if it was somethin' that I did, Lord Or didn't do, or maybe somethin' that I said But whatever wrong, it must have been the right kind 'Cause if I ain't black and blue, I'm in the red Born to lose, so they say. Never knowed it to be any other way T'wasn't something that I asked for, or somethin I would choose Since the day that I was born, oh honey, I was born to lose Born to lose, never win. I'll never put my hopes in anythin' again, Maybe at the gates of heaven, I'll shake off these earthly blues, But until the day I die, oh honey, I'll be born to lose Maybe at the gates of heaven, I'll shake off these earthly blues, But til the day I die, oh honey, I'll be born to lose