i felt the train roll by you know it shook my bed that's when I realized I shouldn't a'been sleeping i shoulda been riding instead was a girl i used to know had a little house on the georgia line if that train could take me back there now well wouldn't that be fine
i'm a dollar short of five that means there's four bucks in my pocket you see that banjo on the wall i'm gonna have to hock it i used to play it all round town the folks would buy me beer and wine if i had just had me a bottle now well wouldn't that be fine
there's bad luck winds a-blowing seem to come from all directions they've blown me way off course i've missed all my connections all my plans and big ideas well they all died on the vine if i could only get my bearings now wouldn't that be fine
to get by in this world you need some luck yes sir you surely do they say some guys have all the luck i guess that's probably true but i never asked for no one else's cause i only want what's mine if lady luck would smile on me now wouldn't that be fine