The police were waitin' when the sun came up

You better move your ass

Or we'll really get rough

I never wanted trouble

But I sure got enough

I'm bad at bein' subtle

But I ain't that tough, no

Just a victim of circumstance

Didn't you know

Just a victim of circumstance

Doesn't it show

I'm just a victim of circumstance

Wherever I go

Just a victim of bad reputation

I go no chance of shakin'

Really gets you down when you don't belong

An' everyone around says you growed up wrong

But why do they resent it, I ain't doin' anything

They say that I'm demented an' I never could sing

Then everywhere I went I caused them such alarm

You know I never meant to cause anybody harm, no

Just a victim of circumstance

Didn't you know

Just a victim of circumstance

Doesn't it show

I'm just a victim of circumstance

Wherever I go

Just a victim of bad reputation

I go no chance of shakin'

I've been laughed at, I've been shut out

But let there be no doubt

Never been afraid of chances I been takin'

The police are waitin' when the sun came up

You better move your ass

Or we'll really get rough

I never wanted trouble

But I sure get enough

I'm bad at bein' subtle

But I ain't that tough, no

Just a victim of circumstance

Didn't you know

Just a victim of circumstance

Doesn't it show

I'm just a victim of circumstance

Wherever I go

Just a victim of bad reputation

I go no chance of shakin'