COULD HAVE BEEN A WINNER
(Lesley Duncan / Jimmy Horowitz)

Should have known he was a loser
When he changed his alibi
When it came to it
His old flame threw it
Now he's tangled up in lies

[???????] of his reputation
He wrote letters to them all
But the law got him yes the law got him
See the mighty how they fall

Yes he could have been a winner
If he'd only change his ways
Now he's just a good time sinner
And he gonna, he's gonna have to do it, have to pay
Now he's gonna go right through it

Still he had himself a good time
Even made himself a name
Still the law got him
Yes the law got him
If he'd only used his brain

Oh he could have been a winner
If he'd only change his ways
Now he's just a good time sinner
And he gonna, yes he's gonna have to do it, have to pay
Now he's gonna go right through it

When a gypsy told him he was bound to come undone
Didn't put the silver in her hand
Wasn't he the seventh fourth child of a seventh son
Now he's gonna have to do it
He's a man who really blew it

Yes he could have been a winner
If he'd only change his ways
Now he's just a good time sinner
And he gonna, yes he's gonna have to do it, have to pay
Now he's gonna go right through it

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