The Luckier You Get

The harder you work, the luckier you get The more you get done, boy, less you'll regret Write it down so you never forget The harder you work, the luckier you get When I turned 13, my old man sat me down Said, "Boy, there's only two ways out of this town A Greyhound bus that's boot camp-bound Put your nose is a book and keep your ear to the ground" So I set off to college, but it weren't for me So I got a guitar, started playin' for free Wrote a couple hundred bad ones 'til I had two or three I thought I was good enough folks might pay me to sing The harder you work, the luckier you get The more you get done, boy, the less you'll regret Write it down so you never forget The harder you work, the luckier you get Heard far less "yeses" than I have "nos" Seen far less highs than I have lows Rather get to the top steady and slow Than get there too fast with nowhere to go The harder you work, the luckier you get The more you get done, boy, less you'll regret Write it down so you never forget The harder you work, the luckier you get The harder you work, the luckier you get The more you get done, boy, less you'll regret Write it down so you never forget The harder you work, the luckier you get