I remember the night I was born
My shoes were soggy and my pants were torn
But no time to worry about none of these things
My mouth was wide open and I just had to sing

Hard luck, keep truckin'
Hard luck is all I have
Hard luck, keep truckin'
Hard luck, hard luck man

My daddy told me when I was young
"Hey now, little boy, don't you go wrong
'Cause look at my life, all the trouble I've had
Shows what you get when you got to be bad"

Hard luck, keep truckin'
Hard luck is all I have
Hard luck, keep on truckin'
Hard luck, hard luck man

Ooh-oh, my story's so sad
Ooh-oh, poor boy so bad

'Cause I was foolish and I wouldn't heed
I knew my crazy ways were bound to succeed
Nobody's fault, and I won't pass the buck
It was my stupidity and a little

Hard luck, keep truckin'
Hard luck is all I have
Hard luck, keep on truckin'
Hard luck, hard luck man

Hard luck, keep truckin'
Hard luck is all I have
Hard luck, keep on truckin'
Hard luck, hard luck man
Hard luck, keep truckin'
Hard luck is all I have
Hard luck, keep on truckin'
Look out, hard luck, hard luck man