When I was just a boy of ten My father met a miner's d**h Trapped inside for twenty nights No one made it out alive So there I was, alone but free The master of my destiny But trouble found me right away My close companion since that day And I'm on the side of wrong again I'm on the wrong side, my friend Whichever way the wind is blowing No matter where the river bends I'm on the side of wrong again At twenty-one I fell in love To a girl of sixteen years But her jealous father ran me down Left me in the road for dead So I decided there and then Upon the car I'd take revenge But the fire caught the house and fields I haven't slept a full night since And I'm on the side of wrong again I'm on the wrong side my friend Whichever way the wind is blowing No matter where the river bends I'm on the side of wrong again I'm on the side of wrong again I ran three years then finally stopped Cut my hair and found a job Working in a road café Sleeping in the parking lot Late one night the store was robbed The owner dead, his boy was shot And I'm the only one he saw Now I'm waiting for the trap door to drop And I'm on the side of wrong again I'm on the wrong side my friends Whichever way the wind is blowing No matter where the river bends I'm on the side of wrong again I'm on the side of wrong again I'm on the side of wrong again