If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck

(Uh-uh-uh)
Ayy, Jimmy (I'm listenin'), look here

As I was wakin' up this mornin'
Oh Lord (Yeah)
You know I felt pretty good (Really?), yes I did
I began to stretch and yawn (Well, what for Ray?)
Just to see if I could (I can dig it)
But all at once I got a funny feelin', yeah
That something around here was goin' on wrong
So you know what I did? (What?)
I got up and I began to look all around for my woman
Was that it? That was it
You know the girl had packed up and gone (Sound like some that happened to me)
I tell ya everybody went to heaven
Hey-hey-hey, Lord, I believe I'd miss the call
'Cause if it wasn't for bad luck, Jimmy
Woah, trying to tell you if it wasn't for bad luck, son
Hey-hey-hey, I wouldn't have no luck at all
No, no, no, I'd have no luck at all

Look here Ray, you think that's bad luck?
Listen what happen to me
Are you listenin'? I'm listenin'
Got a tip on a horse someone gave me, hey, hey
Pawned my last suit to make the bet (Uh-uh, no you didn't) Yes, I did
Put every dime I had on him, ah (What you said?)
You know he ain't showed up yet (I can believe that)
Tell ya I got so disgusted, yeah
Said I'd go back home and sleep some more
'Cause that was the right thing to do
But by the time I got back to my room (What happened?)
You know what?
My landlord had padlocked my door
Why that dirty...
Tell ya a slow horse and a fast woman
Hey, hey, hey, they sure did let me fall
That's why I say, if it wasn't for bad luck, tell 'em
Woah, if it wasn't for bad luck y'all
Hey, hey, hey, I'd have no luck at all
Oh, now, Ray, I wouldn't have no luck at all

Well now, let me tell you something that's unbelievable (I'm listenin')
I decided I'd go out walkin'
Yeah (Yeah)
And let me tell you even that failed
Now how can a walk fail, Ray?
Because some man snatched a woman's pocketbook way across town
Say what?
Yeah, and uh guess who they put in jail?
Don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me now
Woah, Jimmy, I just can't understand it now (I can dig it)
I believe there's got to be some kind of explanation (There's got to be, there's got to be)
But oh, Lord, oh, Lord, I ain't done nothing wrong (Say what?)
So tell me why I'm doing two years probation
I don't know, man, I'm on probation myself
They tell me I've got to walk a chump line
Oh, woah, with my, with my back up against a wall
So you can see if it wasn't for bad luck, Jimmy
Oh, son, you see, if it wasn't for bad luck now
Oh, I wouldn't have no luck at all
I tell ya I wouldn't have no luck at all

Let me lay something on ya Ray
I want you to listen (Alright)
I was sittin' home one evening (Yeah)
Didn't have a thing to do (Mm-hmm, that sound like me)
So I said I'd just go out dancin'
Aha, what you gonna do, baby?
You know, try a little of that boogaloo
Woo, I like that...
Finally, I got myself a partner now, Ray
But old man, wouldn't you know?
Well, something musta happened bad
Some man said, "You got my woman, boy"
Uh-oh, lookie here
And he stood about seven foot four
I was scared Ray
As they walked away I stood there (Hey, hey, hey)
Feeling hurt and kinda small
That's why I say
If it wasn't for bad luck
Woah, if it wasn't for bad luck, y'all
Hey, hey, hey, we'd have no luck at all

Ray (Huh?)
My luck is so bad if it rained soup I'd have a fork
Jimmy, that sounds pretty bad, but picture this (What?)
If the moon was cheese I would have no cracker
We're not the only one's with bad luck
Other people out there got bad luck
Sometime it make you feel like I wanna say oh, oh
Listen, I wanna moan like this (Go 'head)