HARD LUCK STORY Could be the girl with the pale blue eyes Or the three-time loser forever wondering why Even the sober man when they ring the last bell Everybody’s got a hard luck story they could tell Hidden away in some dark secret place The memories of every slight and every fall from grace Long since buried will someday be revealed Everybody’s got a hard luck story they could tell Some will scandalise you, some move you to tears Some will remind you of the crosses that you bear Some will choke the voice that whisper in your ear About the power of love, about the power and the glory About the trials and the troubles about the cares and the worries Seems everywhere you go you hear another sad sorry tale Everybody’s got a hard luck story they could tell Someone’s been abandoned, someone’s been betrayed Someone’s paying too dearly for the choices that they’ve made Someone’s lost their heart to someone who never will Everybody’s got a hard luck story they could tell The first born who was always second best The priest with a conscience who’s been dying to confess The innocent man as her prowls his prison cell Everybody’s got a hard luck story they could tell Some will ring true, some will sound insincere Some will comfort you some will confirm your fears Some will lift your spirits; some will cause you to despair About the trials and the troubles about the cares and the worries Seems everywhere you go you hear another sad sorry tale Everybody’s got a hard luck story they could tell The hordes that pass you by on a crowded street All the strangers that you cross but never get to meet Every victim, down and out and ne’er do well Everybody’s got a hard luck story they could tell