Plain Bad Luck And Innocent Mistaken Lyrics & Chords By Charlie Sexton

There's a small wood-frame house, with a black dog out front
And an old broken-down Cadillac in the drive
It's got a kicked-in door that leads to a
Cluttered room, and a cluttered life
I honor her every mother's day, I wanna play for her sad, sad songs
You lay down lifeless on the way
To tell the latest thing gone wrong, it always goes wrong
Your hurtin' eyes show your age, has it been that long?
It was never s'posed to be this way
You used to be so young
You used to be so young
Outside your window, outside the pain
Used to be the sun was always shinin'
Now alls it does is rain

She headed down that highway back in 19 and 66
Her parents, Mr and Mrs Jones, never expected anything like this
The whole world was expanding, or was it caving in
There was nothing they could do or say
No way that they could win
Freedom was the battle cry, freedom at any cost
Freedom from what? was beside the point
Just the freedom to get lost

Outside your window, outside the pain
It used to be the sun was shining, now all it does is rain
And it rains down tear-stained memories
And the rain falls down on you and me
And it rains plain bad luck and innocent mistakes
And it rains hard reality

The pictures of the chosen ones are changed on all the walls
Someone that you claimed to love has got no place at all
You find 'em sitting not far away, not far from the door
Like an accident that just won't wait
The ?????
And I come to you an angel
But believe you're any other
Yeah these words left your lips
As a wounded, child-like mother

Outside your window, outside the pain
It used to be the sun was shining, but all it does is rain
And it rains down tear-stained memories
And the rain falls down on you and me
And it rains plain bad luck and innocent mistakes
And it rains hard reality
Yeah it rains hard reality
Yeah it rains hard reality