I watched your lightnin' matches at you table

The white haze fired up your brain

And you laughed like hell at somethin' nobody else could see

And you weren't home to explain

You weren't home to explain



Everybody loves a loser

They want to see him pay his dues

Everybody loves a loser

But they don't want him to stand in his shoes

They don't want him to stand in his shoes



I watched you heart subsiding

The angels in you couldn't stand the pace

Stone statues with dark faces now stood in their place

Now stood in their place



Everybody loves a loser

They want to see him pay his dues

Everybody loves a loser

But they don't want him to stand in his shoes

They don't want him to stand in his shoes



They found you on the ground one morning

Dead soldier laying by your side

And wondered who it was they tried to kid

When they said you almost died

When they said you almost died