Here's the new ballad for you,
it's the story of a friend
who was born under an unlucky star
He's very much in love
but it's not requited
because he was born under an unlucky star.
I tell him "don't be stupid,
don't make such a fool of yourself
the girl ... she doesn't love you ...
I know for sure that she's got the hots
for a guy who is very manly
but as he is friend of ours
it's better I don't give you his name".
What am I to do
if each time she looks at me
she tells me and sighs to me
that there is no other like me.
What am I to do
if I too look at her,
tell her and sigh to her
that with her love I am complete.
But he carries on with his dream
of becoming her lover.
The girl ... she doesn't want him ...
I send him to the bar
let a bottle be finished
but now even wine doesn't do it for him
because he was born under an unlucky star.
(It repeats from "What am I to do")