Out Of Luck - The King Blues

With the red scrunchie for her birthday gift

She scrapes her hair into a Croydon facelift

Punch drunk love at sweet 16

She thumbs a ride to Gretna Green

Leaving something old for somewhere new

To be with someone battered, black and blue

She turns out her light with a song to sing

Grabs her shoulder bag and her Argos ring

And she says

Without a penny, in my pocket

I’m out of luck in this kind of town

But I’ve got you right by my side

So I won’t let them drag me down

He turned from Jack the lad into Jack the dad

His heart was pure but the town was bad

He had a broken heart from a broken home

She heard his breaking voice through a broken phone

He said «For you girl I’d walk a Swedish mile

For a Glasgow kiss and a Chelsea smile»

So he drove til it was morning light

And the birds will sing him to sleep tonight

And he says

Without a penny, in my pocket

I’m out of luck in this kind of town

But I’ve got you right by my side

So I won’t let them drag me down