[Verse 1] Blew a tire on the interstate At 2:43 Pulled off beside a billboard For somewhere I would never be Started raining through the window Because that one won’t roll up Missed the thing I left at six for Good luck Guy pulled over with a toolbox Wouldn’t take a dime Had me back out on the highway Before the rain arrived Said, “Looks like you caught a break” I said, “Yeah, I guess, maybe” Nothing ever happens good to me [Verse 2] Dropped my phone outside the gas station Screen down, naturally Picked it up and someone called me I hadn’t heard from since seventeen They said, “I thought about you yesterday” I said, “That’s weird, me too” Then my battery died at three percent Good luck Found twenty dollars by the pump Bought a charger and some food Cashier gave me coffee Said they made one extra too Free coffee, twenty bucks And an old friend finding me Nothing ever happens good to me [Chorus] Good luck The check-engine light came on Good luck The last train’s already gone Good luck The key broke in the lock At least I know exactly where it is Sun came out Right when I needed heat Someone saved the last empty seat for me Got exactly what I needed Without asking for a thing But nothing ever happens good to me [Verse 3] Got fired on a Tuesday Bought groceries Wednesday night The bag split in the parking lot An orange rolled underneath a car Some stranger crawled beneath it Like that orange mattered more We sat there laughing on the asphalt Good luck Thursday morning got a phone call From a place I’d tried before They said somebody quit yesterday Could I start at four? Better hours Better money Seven minutes from my street Nothing ever happens good to me [Verse 4] Dog got loose around midnight I ran three blocks in socks Found him sitting with a neighbor Like he’d scheduled the whole thing She said, “I’ve lived here eleven years And never met anyone” Then he threw up on her welcome mat Good luck Now she keeps a jar of treats Right beside her kitchen door And when I got sick last winter She left groceries on my porch I should probably learn her last name She knows everything about me Nothing ever happens good to me [Bridge] Found my headphones In the jacket I checked twice Got the parking spot Right underneath the light Rain stopped Five seconds before I stepped outside The song I wanted Came on without me looking Someone said, “I’m glad you’re here” And sounded like they meant it I said— “Yeah, well Give it time.” [Break] Good luck [Final Verse] Blew a tire on the interstate At 2:43 Complained about that night For almost seven years Until somebody asked me When we first met I did the math They were the one Who stopped Toolbox in the trunk Rain coming sideways Both of us soaked Laughing beside a car That wasn’t going anywhere They still have the photograph I still have the car We still tell the story wrong [Final Chorus] Good luck The tire had to blow Good luck I had somewhere else to go Good luck I missed everything I thought I needed to be there for Got a better job Made a friend next door Found twenty bucks Got free coffee Got a phone call Got another chance Got somebody Who stayed I looked around at all of it And said I guess nothing ever happens good to me [Outro] They laughed “Yeah. Terrible luck.”
