作词 : Seals

I was born on the 13th hour

born on the 13th day

Bad luck and trouble are all

that come my way

I should be flying over that desert

just like that long neck bird

trying to find something

I can make a ummmm

I'm so tired, I could cry

I can't kill nothin' boy

and won't nothing die

I came to the city

long before my time

trying to make my fortune

eat well wine and dine

But boy when I got here

it went the other way

I slept in the park

all night Y'all

and walked the streets all day

(chorus)

Bad ol' buzzard has got me

I feel like I could cry

I can't kill nothin' boy

and won't nothing die

I went down to the welfare

to try and get some help

They said no boy we're sorry

we don't have enough for ourself

well they threw me out of the office

and told me to go away

come back and try your luck

boy some other day

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(spoken)

Oh look at the mess I got myself into now

been fooling around this old town

for three long months in a row

and ain't been having nothing but buzzard luck

I can't kill nothing and won't nothin' die

I done got down to my last twenty cents

I don't know what to do with this

whether I should try to make a phone call home

or go on and keep this and see if I can build it up

I tell ya'

Look at my shoes they done fell apart

and my socks are hangin' out

I don't know what to do

I think maybe I'll go down on 43rd street

see if I can look up my friends Buddy Guy and Junior Wells

Maybe I'll get a little hand out huh?

But on the other hand before I do

I feel like playin' the blues before I go

Is that alright?