I'm a bad luck man, in bad a lucky as I can be Oh, I'm a bad luck man, in bad a lucky as I can be Well well look like it's bad luck in my family, oohh well it's done fell on me Well well sometimes I believe, I'm my mamma's bad luck child Well well sometime I believe, I'm my mamma's bad luck child Yeah well look like if I were gone, oohh look like bad luck would leave me for a while Oh I pawned my clothes, ain't got no good shoes on my feet Well well I pawned my clothes, ain't got no good shoes on my feet Well well when I walk down that street I have to be dodgin' every cop I meet Well well I love a little woman, that little woman I sure did like Well well I love a little woman, that little woman I sure did like Well well I'm in such bad luck, ooh well well I know she won't take me back