Hard Luck Stories Songtext
von Richard & Linda Thompson

They say running to you is like running into trouble
Bend my ear and I see double
But you′re everybody's idea of a waste of time
You still call me round ′cause I used to listen
I run a steamship, I don't run a mission
Don't be mistaken in thinking you′re a friend of mine

Those hard luck stories
It′s all I ever get from you
Hard luck stories
You're gonna drive me out of my mind
Hard luck stories
It′s all I ever get from you
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 haven′t any
If I read about you, I'd say it was a crying shame
Your white man wig left you on Sunday
She cried when she left, she was laughing on the way
She should've known better, you′re never gonna change a thing

Those hard luck stories
It′s all I ever get from you
Hard luck stories
You're gonna drive me out of my mind
Hard luck stories
It′s all I ever get from you
Hard luck stories
You're gonna drive me out of my mind

Why don′t you grow up? Why don't you settle down?
Why don′t you get a job? Why don't you keep down?
Even a chicken has to learn what it has to
You don't like one thing, you don′t like another
You don′t like anything, look like your father
Everyone don't like something and we all don′t like you


Those hard luck stories
It's all I ever get from you
Hard luck stories
You′re gonna drive me out of my mind
Hard luck stories
It's all I ever get from you
Hard luck stories
You′re gonna drive me out of my mind