Bad Luck (from "The Essential Teddy Pendergrass" compilation)

Well, well
Look down-hearted and confused
Because lately you've been starting to lose
Losing out on everything, you might try to do
Bad luck's there, it's got a hold on you

Don't send you money, 'bout to lose your home
Done lose your woman and everything you own
Love always plainly states that chances go around
But if you wanna know the truth about it
And tell you what's pulling you down, yeah

You got bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
(Yes, uh)
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
You got bad luck, bad luck

Played a number 'cause that number's hot
But the bookers gets you for every cent you've got
Walk around in a daze with your pockets bare
Got to see your woman and she ain't even there

Don't seem to give a whiz about it and all your trapped in time
The more I think about it, I think you're 'bout to lose your mind
Some people call it jinxed, some say it ain't my day, huh
But if you wanna know the truth about it
And tell you what's pulling you way down

Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
(Yes, uh)
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got

You got bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
You got bad luck, bad luck
Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad

One long week
Ooh, huh, yeah, yeah
One more thing

Love always plainly states that chances go around
But if you wanna know the truth about it
And tell you what's pulling you down
Down, down, down, down, down

Bad luck
(Yes, uh)
That's what you got, that's what you got
You got bad luck
(Oh, yeah)
That's what you got, that's what you got

You got bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
You got bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck

Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck

Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck
I can't get away from this bad luck

Huh, bad luck
Bad, bad
I want to get away but I can't keep myself
'Cause I got bad luck
Huh, bad luck, y'all
Children sing with me, bad luck
Everybody's got bad luck, bad luck, bad luck

Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck

Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got
Bad luck
That's what you got, that's what you got

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck
(Come on)
Bad luck
(Come on)

People in the world out there
I know none y'all satisfied, satisfied
The way crisis has been going on, oh, babe
I better say I'm just mad about morning paper, yeah
They cut down on smoking, we have to cut down on dreaming

'Cause early one morning I got me a paper, huh
I sat down on my living room floor
Opened it up opened it up, guess, what I saw, huh?
Saw the President of the United States
The man said he was gonna give it up
He's giving us high hopes

But he still turned around and left all us poor folks behind
They say they got another man to take his place
But I don't think they need to satisfy the human race
Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

The only the thing that I got that I can hold on
Is my God, huh, my God, huh
Jesus be with me, Jesus
Give me good luck, good luck
Help me Jesus, huh, everybody needs