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