Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Johnny Cash
Canonical path: /johnny-cash/the-losing-kind
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Losing Kind
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The Losing Kind
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Lost my job, I lost my money
I turn my back and lost my honey
Lord I guess I'm just the losing kind
Lost my license 'cause I drove too fast
Got in a game and I lost my cash
Lord I guess I'm just the losing kind
Some day the cops are gonna come around
And turn me over to the lost and found
I was sitting on the porch the other day
And watched the finance man drive my car away
I'm too proud to crawl too weak to run
I'd shoot myself but I lost my gun
Lord I guess I'm just the losing kind
[Long version]
Well if it was a-raining dollar bills
And I was up on the highest hill
Clouds would break out and the sun would shine
The only way that I can win
Is pick a fight and bet on him
Lord I guess I'm just the losing kind
Some day the cops are gonna come around
And turn me over to the lost and found
I just got a letter from a baby of mine
She's in las vegas and she likes it fine
[Long version only]
I'm too proud to crawl and I'm too weak to run
I'd shoot myself but I lost my gun
Lord I guess I'm just the losing kind
[Short version only]
I bet on the horses to recoup my losses
And lost the tickets on the winning horses
Lord I guess I'm just the losing kind
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