The Also Rans Songtext
von The Cross

Fucked
Again
I was born on the twenty-second floor of a birdcage
I was bound to rock, I was born to rage
When your daddy gets drunk and your ma has no hope
And you′re tough and you're young and you got enough rope
And you make a wrong turn and you make some mistakes
You run out of control and you ain′t got no brakes
And the country's a wreck and the government's cruel
And you better check out if you wanna be cool
It′s a hard road in a world that stinks
God have mercy on the man that thinks
It′s a hard road in a world that sucks
God don't love you when you′re out of luck
And so I work real hard and I earn my pay
And I drink all night, it's the only way
To make some fun out of life, just a little bit more
And when I get up my nerve, I′m gonna rob me a store
Or even find me a girl, you never know your luck
She'll cook and she′ll clean just to make a few bucks


It's a grand old world going down the pan
And there ain't no cure for an also-ran
It′s a hard road in a world that stinks
God have mercy on the man that thinks
Yeah, it′s a hard road, we're going down the pan
God have mercy on the also-rans, yeah
You gotta have mercy on the also-rans
If you wanna get out you gotta be a desperate Dan
You know what I mean?
A hard road
It′s a hard road for when you're runnin′ low
It's a hard road when your skin′s the wrong tone
It's a hard road if your face don't fit
It′s a hard road, you gotta take a lotta shit
′Cause God don't love you when you got no bucks
It′s a hard road, oh yeah
God don't love you when you′re out of luck, yeah
God have mercy
God have mercy
Have mercy on the also-rans
God have mercy, ooh
God have mercy on the also-rans, yeah