me and annie got married when we were just kidson a couple hundred dollars and two promisesshe was three months showing in a cap and gownwe knew nothing ’bout the world outside of this townshe had an uncle in deerborn heightshelped me get on at the mill workin’ nightsyou know that third shift foundry, it’s tough as they comebut with a baby on the way something had to be donewooodays they just go rushin’ pastwhen you’re growing up fastwooobut i never let it get to mebaby all i see… is a lucky mannow every morning with the sunrise that shift whistle blowsand i ‘m always getting anxious to get on down the roadcause she’s waitin’ there for me just inside the doortell me how could anyman, anywhere, ever ask for anymore?wooodays they just go rushin’ pastlike they’re never meant to lastwooobut i never let it get to mebaby all i see… is a lucky mansometimes i wonderyou know a man will wonder, yeahwooodays they just go rushin’ pastlike there never meant to lastwooobut i never let it get to mecause all i’ll ever be…is a lucky manoh yeah, baby…i’m a lucky man, oh yeah