Album: Next Friday: Old School

Bad Luck [Harold Melvin the Blue Notes]

Uh

Woo

Well, well

Look down-hearted and confused

Because lately you’ve been startin'to lose

Losin'out on everything you might try to do

Bad luck’s there, it’s got a hold on you

Don’t send you money, ‘bout to lose your home

Done lost your woman and everything’s wrong

Love always plainly states that chances go around

But if you wanna know the truth about it and tell you what’s pullin'you down, yeah

(You got) Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got (Yes, uh)

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got (You got)

Bad luck, bad luck (Bad)

Played a number ‘cause that number’s hot

But the bookers gets you for every cent you’ve got

Walk around in a daze with the richer pockets bare

Got to see your woman and she ain’t even there

Don’t seem to give a whiz about it and all your trapped in time

The more I think about it, I think you’re ‘bout to lose your mind

Some people call it jinxed, some say it ain’t my day, huh

But if you wanna know the truth about it and tell you what’s pullin'you way down

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got (Yes, uh)

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got (You got)

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s 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 what’s pullin'you down

Down, down, down, down, down

Bad luck (Yes, uh)

That’s what you got, that’s what you got (You got)

Bad luck (Oh…yeah)

That’s what you got, that’s what you got (You got)

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got (You got)

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck (I can’t get away from this bad luck)

Huh

Bad luck

Bad, bad

I want to get away but I can’t keep myself

‘Cause I got bad luck

Huh, bad luck, y’all

Children sing with me, "Bad luck"

Everybody’s got bad luck, bad luck, bad luck

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got (Mmm...mmm...)

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s what you got

Bad luck

That’s what you got, that’s 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 y’all satisfied, satisfied

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

I better say I’m 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

He’s 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 don’t 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