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Look at my face in the windowOf that big Mercedes Benz,I'm just another bum on the streets downtownI ain't worked since God knows whenEach night in Bluesville I been hanging outWith all the usual layaboutsI lost my fight with the governmentThey stole my life and my confidenceAin't had a jobFor so many yearsSlip slidin' downIn a big abyssSo many timesGot a knife in the backThat's how it goesOn the wrong side of the tracksWhat does it take to get lucky?When you've been living on the edge,The price we pay to get happyIs way too high for an ordinary manWhat does it take to get lucky?When you can't beat the governmentSongtexteWhen they can smell your desperationAin't got no money and no friendsSo many times I've tried to finally get it rightPicked myself up again and got on with my lifeI worked my life away, working for the basic wageWhen they were done with me, I found myself out on the streetWhat happened to the dream of everything they promised me?Am I supposed to fade away and leave another vacant spaceFade to gray and disappear, like I was never really here?If there's a God above, I need a shot of loveWhat does it take to get lucky?We live from one day to the nextThe bankers and the politiciansAre living high off the ordinary manWhat does it take to get lucky?We try to make some sense of itThey feed off all our desperationDriving us down to the bitter endWe all just live our lives from one day to the nextPick ourselves up again and try to make amendsThere'll always be some guy holding up another signYou can't do this and you can't do thatAnd you'd just better pay your taxAin't gonna live my life by the laws of church and stateI'll keep on working for my independence dayBreak away and disappear, ain't gonna live in fearSure as there's a God above, I need a shot of love Aus Songtexte Mania