| Woo | 
| Well, well | 
| Look down-hearted and confused | 
| Because lately you’ve been startin' to lose | 
| Losin' out on everything you might try to do | 
| Bad luck’s there, it’s got a hold on you | 
| Losing money, `bout to lose your home | 
| Done lost your woman and everything you own | 
| Law of averages plainly states that chances go around | 
| But if you want know the truth about it and tell you what’s pullin' you down, | 
| yeah | 
| (You got) Bad luck | 
| That’s what you got, that’s what you got (Yes, uh) | 
| Bad luck | 
| That’s what you got, that’s what you got | 
| Bad luck | 
| That’s what you got, that’s what you got (You got) | 
| Bad luck, bad luck (Bad) | 
| Played a number `cause that number’s hot stuff | 
| But the bookies get you for every cent you’ve got | 
| Walk around in a daze with your pockets bare | 
| Go to see your woman and she ain’t even there | 
| Don’t seem to give a whiz about it and all your trapped in time??? | 
| The more I think about it, I think you’re `bout to lose your mind | 
| Some people call it jinxed, some say it ain’t my day, huh | 
| But if you want to know the truth about it and tell you what’s pullin' you way | 
| down | 
| Bad luck | 
| That’s what you got, that’s what you got (Yes, uh) | 
| Bad luck | 
| That’s what you got, that’s what you got (You got) | 
| Bad luck | 
| That’s what you got, that’s 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 | 
| Law of averages plainly states that chances go around | 
| But if you want to know the truth about it and tell you what’s pullin' you down | 
| Down, down, down, down, down | 
| Bad luck (Yes, uh) |