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Bad Luck Strut
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Bad Luck Strut was released on September 22, 2026 by UPrising Publishing LLC as a part of the album Bad Luck Strut - Single
September 22, 2026
LabelUPrising Publishing LLC
LanguageEnglish
BPM122
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

Hey there, stranger
Come on in, sit a spell
Name's Magnolia Mae Harlan
Friends call me Maggie
Was a Georgia State Parole Officer
For 31 years, almost half my life
Seen the worst of the worst
People said I was too pretty for that job
People say lots of things, don't they?
Everybody's got a story
Here's mine
Worked hundreds of papered cons in my day
Before a hard case named Lonnie Shaw came my way
Wore rattle skin boots and a bad attitude
Sweet as sugarcane, mean as a blood feud
He drew hard luck with his first breath
His hands born for stealing
His tongue cursed with truth
Slinging them bones
All snake eyes
Oooh
Lonnie was smoky, I'll tell you what
That man had a bad luck strut
A bad luck strut
Lonnie strolled into my office years ago
Robbery and possession, I think it was
Liked him straight away
In the end I had to violate him
Lonnie took it like a man
Yeah, he took it like a man
He glanced over his shoulder as I cuffed him
Said he'd look me up one day
Said it with a twinkle in his eye
Part of me hoped he would
Lonnie was a truth-telling man
Yeah, he was a truth-telling man
Spent the next 20 years dropping bad habits
Two packs a day
Two ex-husbands
Went to work
Did the job
Too many cons and gray hairs to count
I got by
As one does
Got by alone
I'm retired now, in my double wide
Kentucky bourbon by my side
Then one night, out of the blue
A knock at my door, you won't believe who
Lonnie looked just the same
I smiled wide, and in he came
He stayed that night, and many more
We laughed about old times
And our new life
Together
Again
Oooh
Lonnie is my man, I'll tell you what
Now I've got that bad luck strut
Yeah, got that bad luck strut
Bad luck strut
Bad luck strut
I've got that bad luck strut
Written by: Richard T Bosworth
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