They say runnin' into you is like runnin' into trouble
Bend my ear and I see double
If you're everybody's I'd never waste the time
Do you still call around cause I used to listen
I run a steamship, I don't run a mission
Don't be mistaken in thinkin' you're a friend of mine
Those hard luck stories, it's all I ever get by
Hard luck stories, you're gonna drive me out of my mind
Hard luck stories, it's all I ever get by
Hard luck stories, you're gonna drive me out of my mind
Well, the boss won't give you change of a penny
Everybody's got money, but you never give a little about you
I'd say it was a fine shame
My wife ran away, left me once a day
She cried when she left, she was laughin' on her face
She should've known better, you're never gonna change for me
Those hard luck stories, it's all I ever get by
Hard luck stories, you're gonna drive me out of my mind
Hard luck stories, it's all I ever get by
Hard luck stories, you're gonna drive me out of my mind
. . .
Why don't you go off, why don't you settle down
Why don't you get a job, why don't you leave town
Even a chicken has to learn what it has to do
You don't like one thing, you don't like another
You don't like anything but me, my father
Everyone don't like something, we all don't like you
Those hard luck stories, it's all I ever get by
Hard luck stories, you're gonna drive me out of my mind
Hard luck stories, it's all I ever get by
Hard luck stories, you're gonna drive me out of my mind