Harold Melvin Bad Luck (part 1) Lyrics

Bad Luck (part 1) Lyrics

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