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.

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 A 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 Know That She Was Right.

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 A Second Chance.

I Tried To Get Myself A Job

Because That's The Way That

Things Are, Wanna Have Nice

Things And Go Far. Well I'm Sorry

Honey, I Ain't Got Much Money

But I Can Sure Play This Here Old

Guitar. As The Years Went On, I

Made A Few Mistakes It Was A

Troublebound 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."

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 A Second Chance.