Bad Luck

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Theodore Pendergrass

(John Whitehead/Gene McFadden/V. Carstarphen)



Uh

Woo

Well, well



Look down-hearted and confused

Because lately youve been startin?to lose

Losin?out on everything you might try to do

Bad lucks there, its got a hold on you



Dont send you money, bout to lose your home

Done lost your woman and everythings wrong

Love always plainly states that chances go around

But if you wanna know the truth about it and tell you whats pullin?you down, yeah



(You got) Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got (Yes, uh)

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got (You got)

Bad luck, bad luck (Bad)



Played a number cause that numbers hot

But the bookers gets you for every cent youve got

Walk around in a daze with the richer pockets bare

Got to see your woman and she aint even there



???Dont seem to give a whiz about it and all your trapped in time???

The more I think about it, I think youre bout to lose your mind

Some people call it jinxed, some say it aint my day, huh

But if you wanna know the truth about it and tell you whats pullin?you way down



Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got (Yes, uh)

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got (You got)

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got (You got)

Bad luck, bad luck (Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad)



One long week

Ooh, huh

Yeah, yeah

One more thing



Love always plainly states that chances go around

But if you wanna know the truth about it and tell you whats pullin?you down

Down, down, down, down, down



Bad luck (Yes, uh)

Thats what you got, thats what you got (You got)

Bad luck (Ohyeah)

Thats what you got, thats what you got (You got)

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got (You got)

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck



Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck



Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck (I cant get away from this bad luck)



Huh

Bad luck

Bad, bad

I want to get away but I cant keep myself

Cause I got bad luck

Huh, bad luck, yall

Children sing with me, "Bad luck"

Everybodys got bad luck, bad luck, bad luck



Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck



Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got (Mmm...mmm...)

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got

Bad luck

Thats what you got, thats what you got (Hey)

Bad luck (Yeah), bad luck, bad luck (Come on), bad luck (Come on)



Ga-ga, woo

People in the world out there

I know none-a yall satisfied, satisfied

The way crisis has been goin?on, oh, babe

I better say Im just mad about mornin?paper, yeah

They cut down on smokin?[Cut down on smokin]

We have to cut down on dreamin?[Cut down on dreamin]

Cause early one morning I got me a paper, huh

I sat down on my living room floor

Opened it up [Opened it up], opened it up [Opened it up]

Guess, what I saw, huh?

Saw the President of the United States, huh

The man said he was gonna give it up

Hes giving us high hopes

But he still turned around and left all us poor folks behind

They say they got another man to take his place

But I dont think they need to satisfy the human race

Bad luck, huh

Bad luck, bad luck, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

The only the thing that I got that I can hold on

Is my God, huh, my God, huh

Jesus be with me, Jesus

Give me good luck, huh, good luck

Help me Jesus, huh

Everybody needs



Transcribed by: Char Star