Just One Lucky Break

Johnny Jones stood on the corner

lookin’ like a statue of a sad, sad clown.

He held up a sign that said, “I will work for food”

And showed it to the cars on their way downtown.

When I rolled down my window

Cuz the traffic was snarled up ahead

Johnny came over and talked with me and said:

“Just One Lucky Break. I’ll do the rest

To turn my ever-growing list of failures into success.

One lucky break, that’s all I’ll need and then

If at first I don’t succeed, I’ll just try again.

Johnny Jones walked over to a phone booth

And stuck his finger in the slot.

He said, “Ain’t it a shame how this phone box

Has got more cash than I got”.

Meanwhile some Little Jack Horner

In his corner eating his Christmas pie

Sticks in his thumb and gets a golden plum.Lucky guy.

“Just One Lucky Break. I’ll do the rest

To turn my ever-growing list of failures into success.

One lucky break, that’s all I’ll need and then

If at first I don’t succeed, I’ll just try again.