Hard times gettin' harder and it's driving me insane
Poor man prays and the rich man just complains
But they have to pay the preacher just the same
I'm a common people and I've got those common blues
Ain't no way to win when you're born to lose
I'm a common people and I've got those common blues
A lot of things in life I know I missed
But if I had a penny for every woman I've kissed
I'd have a hundred and thirty eight dollars and forty five cents
I'm a common people and I've got those common blues
Ain't no way to win when you're born to lose
I'm a common people and I've got those common blues
A whole lot of things in life that've made me blue
Good times past and hard times comin' through
And I've sang a lot of songs that I didn't care to do
I'm a common people and I've got those common blues
Ain't no way to win when you're born to lose
I'm a common people and I've got those common blues
I'm a common people and I've got those common blues