When I was just a boy of ten

My father met a miner's death

Trapped inside through twenty nights

No one made it out alive

So there I was alone but free

The master of my destiny

And trouble found me right away

My close companions since that day



And I'm on the side of the road again

I'm on the wrong side my friend

Whichever way the wind is blowing

No matter where the river bends

I'm on the side of wrong again



At 21 I fell in love

To a girl of 16 years

But a jealous father ran me down

Left me in the road for dead

So I decided there and then

I'd find the car, I'd take revenge

But the fire caught the house and fields

I haven't slept a whole night since



And I'm on the side of wrong again

I'm on the wrong side my friend

Whichever way the wind is blowing

No matter where the river bends

I'm on the side alone again

I'm on the side of wrong again



I ran three years and finally stopped

Cut my hair and found a job

Working in a road café

Sleeping in the parking lot

Late one night the store was robbed

The owner dead his boy was shot

And I'm the only one he sold

Now I'm waiting for the trap door to drop



And I'm on the side of the road again

I'm on the wrong side my friend

Whichever way the wind is blowing

No matter where the river bends

I'm on the side alone again

I'm on the side of wrong again

I'm on the side of wrong again