You wore the suit
They cut you loose
Made it home and she gave you the boot
Hit the bar
Hocked the car turned
Bitter blue under brilliant stars
Couldn't anything go your way
Couldn't anything go your way
Is the only thing you could ever say
Does it have to be this way
Got a ghost
To share your smokes
With shaky hands and crummy jokes
With the time
And not the wife
You swore up and down that you could write
Couldn't anything go your way
Couldn't anything go your way
Is the only thing you could ever say
Does it have to be this way
Now you've got the life
You've always romanticized
So I don't want to hear you whine
Couldn't anything go your way
Couldn't anything go your way
Couldn't anything go your way
Couldn't anything go your way
Couldn't anything go your way
Couldn't anything go your way
Is the only thing you could ever say
Is the only thing you could ever say
Does it have to be this way