You know that bad luck will eat you up
 When's it gonna end?
 I twisted everything I could
 Out of words
 In real life my colours never blend
 
 When I was a boy I said to myself
 That I'd never lean on anyone else
 Oh, but I was wrong
 Yeah I was wrong
 And my mother took me by the hands and then
 Oh, oh how I prayed
 That the good Lord would come and take me away
 From this mess of a life that I'm in
 And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
 As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
 In this wreck of a life that I'm in
 In this mess of a life that I'm in
 
 Come on you got a lot to give
 A lot to live for
 And hope it all gets better
 You twisted everything you can out of anything
 I know it's gonna get better
 
 And I'm so sick and tired of lying around
 We're all waiting for someone to light up this town
 Oh, it won't be long
 It won't be long
 And I know I should have left town but I stayed
 
 Oh how I prayed
 That the good Lord would come and take me away
 From this mess of a life that I'm in
 And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
 As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
 In this wreck of a life that I'm in
 In this mess of a life that I'm in
 
 Oh and it feels like I'm writing a book and I can't get inspired
 Sometimes
 It seems that I'm breathing in smoke and my lungs are so tired
 Oh well
 I'll just sleep it all off and then hope that it don't get me fired
 And I'm asking you please
 
 Oh oh how I prayed
 That the good Lord would come and take me away
 From this mess of a life that I'm in
 And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
 As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
 In this wreck of a life that I'm in
 And oh how I prayed
 That the good Lord would come and take me away
 From this mess of a life that I'm in
 And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
 As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
 
 In this wreck of a life that I'm in
 In this mess of a life that I'm in
 In this wreck of a life that I'm in
 In this wreck of a life that I'm in
 In this mess of a life that I'm in
 In this mess of a life that I'm in…