Wait a minute Jimmy look here
I'm listenin'
As I was wakin' up this mornin'
Well well
Oh Lord you know I felt pretty good Yes I did
I began to stretch and yawn
What for Ray
Just to see if I could
I can dig it
All at once I got a funny feelin'
That something around here was goin on wrong
Hmm
So you know what I did Jimmy
What
I got up and I began to look all around for my baby
Was that it
That was it you know the woman had packed up and gone
Oh lord
That's why I say if everybody went to heaven
Hey ey ey I believe I'd miss the call
But you see if it wasn't for bad luck
Trying to tell you son if it wasn't for bad luck now now
Oh oh I wouldn't have no luck at all
Would you believe I wouldn't have no luck at all
Looka here Ray you think your luck is bad
Listen ta what happen to me
Alright
Now listen now
Got a tip on a horse someone gave me hey hey
Yeah
Pawned my last suit to make the bet
No you didn't
Yes I did
Put every dime I had on him ah
What
Listen you know he ain't showed up yet
Oh Tell ya I got so disgusted now
Yeah
Said I'll go back home and sleep some more
Now that seem like the right thing to do
But by the time I got back to my room
Are you listenin' Ray
Yeah yeah I'm payin' attention
You know the landlord had padlocked my door
Why that dirty
Tell ya a slow horse and a fast woman
Hey hey hey lord they sure did let me fall
That's why I say ah
If it wasn't for bad luck sugar now
Hey if it wasn't for bad luck y'all
Oh I wouldn't have no luck at all
Oh Ray listen I wouldn't have no luck at all
Huh Yep But wait a minute you ain't heard nothin' yet
Let me tell you what happened
Tell me about it
I decided I'd go out walkin'
Say what
Um hm And you know 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
Do tell do tell
Jimmy I just can't understand it
I know what you mean
I know there's got to be some kind of explanation
There's got to be there's got to be
Lord lord lord lord I ain't done nothing wrong
So tell me why I'm doing two years probation
Man I don't know I got the same trouble
They got me having to walk a chump line
Say what
Oh with my with my back up against a wall
That's tough Ray
That's why if it wasn't for bad luck sugar
Oh I tell everybody if it wasn't for bad luck now now
I believe I believe I would have no luck at all
I just wouldn't have no luck at all
Looka here Ray let me tell you something
Hm
Now you know you know about this here
Yeah
You know I was sittin' home one evening
Well
I didn't have a thing to do
Yeah that's happened to me sometimes
So I thought I'd go out dancin' you know
Yeah yeah
And do a little of that boogaloo
I I kinda like that myself
Finally I got myself a partner now
Yeah
But old Ray wouldn't you know
Mm hm somthing musta happened bad
Some man said You got my woman boy
Uh oh
And he stood about seven foot four
Oops Oops
As they walked away I stood there
Feeling kinda sad and kinda small
That's why I say
If it wasn't for bad luck sugar
Whoa if it wasn't for bad luck y'all now
Hey now
Yeah I say we would have no luck at all
Jimmy I want you to tell me about that seven foot four
What did you do
Well Ray anytime a man is seven foot four
And you messin' with his woman it's time for you to go
Oh yeah
Lord have mercy
I I I I can understand it it made you feel like you wanna holler a little bit
Made me feel like I wanna
Aahhhhhhh ow
Yeah man when I run into that situation makes me wanna cry a little
Bit like this
Ooh hoo