i was born about eighteen years ago
in a little wooden shack
i was born about eighteen years ago
on the wrong side of the tracks
and i never knew my father
and i never had a home
well i don't know where i came from
and i don't know where i'm goin'

i was born to be unlucky
from my shoulders to my shoes
and i guess i'm stuck with my unlucky blues

when i was just a young boy
i was raised on beans and trout
and on my seventh birthday
well my momma, she threw me out
they say i'm good for nothin'
no one treats me kind
i don't care cause pretty soon
i'm gonna leave this world behind

I was born to be unlucky
from my shoulders to my shoes
and i guess i'm stuck with my unlucky blues

i jumped into the river
to try to put myself away
a man jumped in and saved me
spoiled a perfect day
he dragged me to the river's edge
he said he knew i had a need
then he pulled out a soggy Bible
and that man began to read
well he told me things i did not know
i'm glad i did not die
'cause he told me God's my father
and my real home is in the sky
and i said

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he said i done a very foolish thing
to try to drown myself and die
and i told him i was glad
he happened to be passing by
he said God would forgive me
so i repented of my sin
then he said i must be baptized
and he threw me in again

from my shoulders to my shoes
i thought i must be stuck with these unlucky blues

oh yeh

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my life has changed in many ways
i'm such a different man
well i know now who my father is
and i know just where i stand
with one foot up in Heaven
and one foot on the ground
i travel through this world of ours
i try to spread God's word around

i was born to be unlucky (i know'd it)
from my shoulders to my shoes
but i came unstuck from my unlucky blues
yeaow and maybe you can too...alright

and this is just the beginning