You know that bad luck will eat you up   When's it gonna end?   I twisted everything I could   Out of words   In real life my colours never blend      When I was a boy I said to myself   That I'd never lean on anyone else   Oh, but I was wrong   Yeah I was wrong   And my mother took me by the hands and then   Oh, oh how I prayed   That the good Lord would come and take me away   From this mess of a life that I'm in   And I fell to my knees oh and I cried   As the lighting rose up from the earth to the sky   In this wreck of a life that I'm in   In this mess of a life that I'm in      Come on you've got a lot to give   A lot to live for   And hope it all gets better   You twisted everything you can out of anything   I know it's gonna get better      And I'm so sick and tired of lying around   We're all waiting for someone to light up this town   Oh, it won't be long   It won't be long   And I know I should have left town but I stayed      Oh how I prayed   That the good Lord would come and take me away   From this mess of a life that I'm in   And I fell to my knees oh and I cried   As the lighting rose up from the earth to the sky   In this wreck of a life that I'm in   In this mess of a life that I'm in      Oh and it feels like I'm writing a book and I can't get inspired   Sometimes   It seems that I'm breathing in smoke and my lungs are so tired   Oh well   I'll just sleep it all off and then hope that it don't get me fired   And I'm asking you please      Oh how I prayed   That the good Lord would come and take me away   From this mess of a life that I'm in   And I fell to my knees oh and I cried   As the lighting rose up from the earth to the sky   In this wreck of a life that I'm in   And oh how I prayed   That the good Lord would come and take me away   From this mess of a life that I'm in   And I fell to my knees oh and I cried   As the lighting rose up from the earth to the sky   In this wreck of a life that I'm in   In this wreck of a life that I'm in   In this wreck of a life that I'm in   In this wreck of a life that I'm in   In this wreck of a life that I'm in   In this wreck of a life that I'm in   In this wreck of a life that I'm in