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Hard Luck Lyrics

You come up to me
Saying that you can't see
Why the whole world
Thinks you're useless
Say about a friend
Drives you round the bend
Everything he does
Is success
Haven't you been told
You will soon be old
Etch your life now
It's your mess

Hard luck - but you got what you wanted
Hard luck - but you got what you wanted of me
Hard luck - but you got what you wanted
Hard luck - but you got what you wanted of me
Hard luck
Hard luck

He's been working hard
He can run a car
Money gets you girls
And he knows
He gets out by eight
You lie in 'til late
Lying in your bed
Reading Beanos
If you work like him
You may not have been
A slob that drinks
Vodka and Venos

Hard luck - but you got what you wanted
Hard luck - but you got what you wanted of me
Hard luck - but you got what you wanted
Hard luck - but you got what you wanted of me
Hard luck
Hard luck

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by TheRightEarOfNash

13y ago

This is what I hear:

You come up to me Saying you can't see Why the whole world Thinks your useless Say about a friend Drives you round the bend Everything you does Is success Haven't you been told You will soon be old It's your life And now it's your mess

Hard luck, but you got what you wanted Hard luck, but you got what you wanted of me Hard luck, but you got what you wanted Hard luck, but you got what you wanted of me Hard luck, Hard luck

He's been working hard He can run a car Money gets girls And he knows He gets out by eight You lie in 'til late Lying in your bed Reading Beanos If you work like him You may not have been A slod that drinks Vodka and Venos

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