I was brought in this world
1962 didn't have much choice
You see but by the time I was eight
I could tell I 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

Born to lose, was what they said,
You know I was better off dead
Born to lose your just bad news
You dont get no second chance

It was a hot summer night
In mid july a hangover and
A black eye. your mama said
I was a loser, a dead end cruiser
And deep inside I knew that
She was right

Born to lose, was what they said,
You know I was better off dead
Born to lose your just bad news
You dont get no second chance

I tried to get myself a job
Because thats the way things are
Wanna have a 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 troublebound for this
Young man
The police knockin' at my door
" Well he don't live he no more,
And he's playin' in a rock n' roll band"

Born to lose, was what they said,
You know I was better off dead
Born to lose your just bad news
You dont get no second chance