I was brought in this world 1962,  I didn't have much choice you see.  But by the time I was eight,  I could tell it was too late,  I was already barking up the wrong tree.  When I was in school you thought I was a fool,  In trouble,  Breaking all the rules.  I was absent from class,  My daddy spanked my bare ass,  But I sure tried hard to be cool.  [Chorus:]  Born to lose, was what they said,  You know I was better off dead.  Born to lose, you're just bad news,  You don't get a second chance.  It was a hot summer night in mid July,  A hangover and a black eye.  Your momma said I was a loser,  A dead end cruiser, And deep inside I know that she was right.  [Chorus:]  Born to lose, was what they said,  You know I was better off dead.  Born to lose, you're just bad news,  You don't get a second chance.  I tried to get myself a job  Because that's the way that  Things are, wanna have nice  Things and go far. Well I'm sorry  Honey, I ain't got much money  But I can sure play this here old  Guitar. As the years went on,  I made a few mistakes it was a  Troublebound for this young  Man. The police knockin' at my  Door, "Well he don't live here no  More, and he's playin' in a rock 'n'  Roll band."  [Chorus:]  Born to lose, was what they said,  You know I was better off dead.  Born to lose, you're just bad news,  You don't get a second chance.