| You know that bad luck will eat you up | 
| When’s it gonna end? | 
| I twisted everything I could | 
| Out of words | 
| In real life my colours never blend | 
| When I was a boy I said to myself | 
| That I’d never lean on anyone else | 
| Oh, but I was wrong | 
| Yeah I was wrong | 
| And my mother took me by the hands and then | 
| Oh, oh how I prayed | 
| That the good Lord would come and take me away | 
| From this mess of a life that I’m in | 
| And I fell to my knees oh and I cried | 
| As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky | 
| In this wreck of a life that I’m in | 
| In this mess of a life that I’m in | 
| Come on you got a lot to give | 
| A lot to live for | 
| And hope it all gets better | 
| You twisted everything you can out of anything | 
| I know it’s gonna get better | 
| And I’m so sick and tired of lying around | 
| We’re all waiting for someone to light up this town | 
| Oh, it won’t be long | 
| It won’t be long | 
| And I know I should have left town but I stayed | 
| Oh how I prayed | 
| That the good Lord would come and take me away | 
| From this mess of a life that I’m in | 
| And I fell to my knees oh and I cried | 
| As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky | 
| In this wreck of a life that I’m in | 
| In this mess of a life that I’m in | 
| Oh and it feels like I’m writing a book and I can’t get inspired | 
| Sometimes | 
| It seems that I’m breathing in smoke and my lungs are so tired | 
| Oh well | 
| I’ll just sleep it all off and then hope that it don’t get me fired | 
| And I’m asking you please | 
| Oh oh how I prayed | 
| That the good Lord would come and take me away | 
| From this mess of a life that I’m in | 
| And I fell to my knees oh and I cried | 
| As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky | 
| In this wreck of a life that I’m in | 
| And oh how I prayed | 
| That the good Lord would come and take me away | 
| From this mess of a life that I’m in | 
| And I fell to my knees oh and I cried | 
| As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky | 
| In this wreck of a life that I’m in | 
| In this mess of a life that I’m in | 
| In this wreck of a life that I’m in | 
| In this wreck of a life that I’m in | 
| In this mess of a life that I’m in | 
| In this mess of a life that I’m in' |