Just a hard luck boy from a hard luck town   Hard luck story that's goin' around   You can make a fool wear a crown   Prop him up but he falls back down, fall back down      Every time I stick out my heart it just gets stepped on   I don't want or need your gracious sympathy   I don't need to look over my shoulder to see what's coming   It's a dark cloud it belongs to me      Hard luck boy from a hard luck town   Hard luck story that's goin' around   You can make a fool wear a crown   Prop him up but he falls back down, fall back down      Every time I roll the dice, they come out box cars   It feels just like I've been snake bit since day one   You gotta nerve to ask why I don't wear a smile on my face   Well, it's hard when you're livin' under a gun      Hard luck boy from a hard luck town   Hard luck story that's goin' around   You can make a fool wear a crown   Prop him up but he falls back down, fall back down      'Coz he fall back down, fall back down   Hey, you, young boy      Hard luck boy from a hard luck town   Hard luck story that's goin' around   You can make a fool wear a crown   Prop him up but he falls back down      Hard luck boy from a hard luck town   Hard luck story that's goin' around   You can make a fool wear a crown   Prop him up but he falls back down, fall back down      'Coz he fall back down, fall back down   'Coz he fall back down, fall back down      How much you, much you fall back down, fall back down?   How much you fall back down, fall back down?   How much you fall back down?   How much you fall back down?