Jim Croce — Hard Time Losin Man

[Chorus] And you think you've seen trouble Well you're lookin' at the man, uh-huh Oh, the world's own original hard luck story And a hard time losin' man [Verse 1] Oh, sometimes skies are cloudy And sometimes skies are blue And sometimes they say that you eat the bear But sometimes the bear eats you [Pre-Chorus 1] And sometimes I feel like I should go Far, far away and hide 'Cause I keep a-waitin' for my ship to come in And all that ever comes is the tide [Chorus] And you think you've seen trouble Well you're lookin' at the man, uh-huh Oh, the world's own original hard luck story And a hard time losin' man [Verse 2] Oh I saved up all my money I'm gonna buy me a flashy car So I go downtown to see the man And he's smokin' on a big cigar [Verse 3] Well he must've thought I were Rockefeller Or an uptown man of wealth He said, "Boy I got the car that's-a made for you And it's cleaner than the Board of Health" [Pre-Chorus 2] Then I got on the highway Oh, I'm feelin' fine, I hit a bump Then I found I bought a car held together by a wire And a couple a' hunks o' twine [Chorus] And you think you've seen trouble Well you're lookin' at the man, uh-huh Oh, the world's own original hard luck story And a hard time losin' man [Verse 4] Oh, Friday night, feelin' right I get out on the street Standin' in the doorway Was a dealer known as Pete [Pre-Chorus 3] But he sold me a dime of some-a super fine Dynamite from Mexico (super fine, fine, fine) I spent all that night just tryna get right On an ounce of oregano (woo) [Chorus] And you think you've seen trouble Well you're lookin' at the man, uh-huh Oh, the world's own original Hard luck story And a hard time losin' man [Chorus] If you think you've seen trouble (trouble) Well you're lookin' at the man, uh-huh Oh, the world's own original Hard luck story And a hard time losin' man [Chorus] And you think you've seen trouble (trouble) Well you're lookin' at the man, uh-huh Oh, the world's own original Hard luck story And a hard time losin' man [Chorus] And you think you've seen trouble (trouble) Well you're lookin' at the man, uh-huh Oh, the world's own original Hard luck story And a hard time losin' man