[Verse 1]
Lady Luck, here I am on time
Proppin' up the bar with a glass of wine
Friday night and I'm all spruced up and fine
I ain't goin' nowhere, nowhere

[Verse 2]
Lady Luck, why don't you pull up a chair
And bring your shine right wisdom, darlin', over here?
Your Gaelic humor and your pious smile
All the cats'll be laugin' tonight

[Chorus]
Now you may say it's a funny old world
You may say that the game ain't fair
Is there a plot or do you improvise?
Or maybe you don't even care

[Verse 3]
Lady Luck, ain't you the fickle kind
Why are some folks lucky while the rest are tryin'?
You keep on playin', it's still a mystery
You're laced with a touch of inconsistency

[Chorus]
So why don't you give us all a break?
Make us all rich, healthy and fine
Five months holidays and a four hour week
And a horse that wins all the time
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Lady Luck, hear the mandolins
Kind of makes you wonder how it might have been
There go all the funny place I've got
Back on the street again

[Verse 5]
Lady Luck, yeah, it's late I know
Allow me to buy you one more folderol
And tell me something I've been longin' to hear
It's gotta get better next year

[Chorus]
'Cause I've seen some rainy days
My wedding suits are frayed and torn
But now the sun comes shining through
I've cried in my beer too long

[Outro]
Lady Luck, Lady Luck
Don't push me over
When I can't stand up, oh yeah
Sure it's a funny old world
Sure it's a funny old world