The Unfortunate Kind by BJ Barham Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It was a good time
Just a bad decision
We were all wrapped up with the best intentions
You were out of my league
And I was runnin' out of time
To string together words that were gonna make you mine

[Chorus]
Ain't it funny how it all works out?
Ain't it funny how it all works out?
Ain't it funny how every now and then the unfortunate kind
Get lucky sometimes?

[Verse 2]
Thirty-nine years
You've been puttin' up with me
Your folks said we'd never see our first anniversary
Do you remember that first week
When you burnt that pecan pie
And I ate the whole damn thing? I couldn't stand to see you cry
[Chorus]
Ain't it funny how it all works out?
Ain't it funny how it all works out?
Ain't it funny how every now and then the unfortunate kind
Get lucky sometimes?

[Verse 3]
Then you got sick
And things just weren't the same
There were days I'd come to visit you didn't even know my name
Then I watched you fade away
While I was holdin' tight to you
Until the nurses pulled me back and said "There's nothin' you can do"

[Chorus]
Ain't it funny how it all works out?
Ain't it funny how it all works out?
Ain't it funny how every now and then the unfortunate kind
Get lucky sometimes?

[Verse 4]
It's been two years to the day
Since you left me here alone
Most days I sit there in the kitchen waitin' for you to come home
Yeah I'm still haunted by your ghost
I can't sleep in our old bed
I just lay there on the couch thinkin' 'bout the words you said
[Chorus]
Ain't it funny how it all works out?
Ain't it funny how it all works out?
Ain't it funny how every now and then the unfortunate kind
Get lucky sometimes?