There's a woman in new orleans   Said to love me she was born   But that was friday payday   By sunday she was gone   So I drove on down to texas   Where I did not do to well   I fell hard for this woman child   Turned out she came from...well   Lady luck help me hold on   Lady luck help me hold on   To one that I love      Well I had no luck with women   Thought I'd try my hand at cards   So I headed for nevada   Gonna really take them on   But the way the hands were fallin'   And the way the money goes   You could say it's getting colder   You could say I nearly froze   Lady luck help me hold on   Lady luck help me hold on   To one that I love      So I started playing guitar   In a southern boogie band   And the ladies I was meeting   Make you want to buy the farm   Gettin' tired of saving souvenirs   Don't remind me where they're from   And the nights come on like magic   In the morning it's all gone   Lady luck help me hold on   Lady luck help me hold on   To one that I love      Lady luck help me hold on   To one that I love   Lady luck help me hold on   Lady luck help me hold on   To one that I love   Lady luck help me hold on   Lady luck help me hold on      (mccafferty, agnew, charlton, sweet)   Copyright 1989 m.a.c.s. music