Johnny Cash — The Losing Kind (The Man In Black 1952–1962)

24 May 2008 in Journal  [print]  


Lost my job, I lost my money
I turn my back and lost my honey
Lord I guess I’m just the losing kind

Lost my license ’cause I drove to fast
Got in a game and I lost my cash
Lord I guess I’m just the losing kind

Some day the cops are gonna come around
and turn me over to the lost and found
I was sitting on the porch the other day
and watched the finance man drive my car away

I’m too proud to crawl too weak to run
I’d shoot myself but I lost my gun
Lord I guess I’m just the losing kind

(long version includes this verse)
Well if it was a-raining dollar bills
and I was up on the highest hill
Clouds would break out and the sun would shine

The only way that I can win
Is pick a fight and bet on him
Lord I guess I’m just the losing kind

Some day the cops are gonna come around
and turn me over to the lost and found
I just got a letter from a baby of mine
She’s in Las Vegas and she likes it fine

(long version only)
I’m too proud to crawl and I’m too weak to run
I’d shoot myself but I lost my gun
Lord I guess I’m just the losing kind

(short version only)
I bet on the horses to recoup my losses
and lost the tickets on the winning horses
Lord I guess I’m just the losing kind

For some odd reason there’s some other “version” of Losing Kind by Johnny Cash that’s floating around. I don’t know about it: the only two version I have, both on The Man In Black (’52-’62) have these lyrics. A quick search on Google comes up with lyrics that don’t match. Who knows…

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1 Thankful guy July 15, 2008 at 2103

Awesome man, I love this song. Not many people know about it. Keep rocking JR Cash through those speakers!