Tipo duro donde los haya o al menos esa apariencia da con su cuerpo tatuado y su pose chulesca, Mike Ness mucho más que un icono del punk rock. Superviviente a una tumultuosa vida llena de conflictos y malos rollos, carcel incluida, el bueno de Ness ha estrujado su mente para ofrecer letras brillantes tanto en Social Distortion como en solitario. De su imprescindible Cheating At Solitaire es Charmed Life aunque en justicia todas las canciones merecen un hueco en esta seccion y lo tendrán con el tiempo.
Some say it's the strong who survive
Sometimes I wonder if there's any truth to that at all
I've been lucky and that's a fact in a crazy world
I've led a charmed life
I know judges and I know priests
I know gangsters, bad cops and lawyers too
But I don't need none of them to sing this song
I've led a charmed life
No this ain't no hard luck story
Some have had better and some have had worse
Then again until you've walked my way
You'd have to say I've led a charmed life
I'm not so scared of dying
I've got my health , my friends and family too
I'm just afraid of living and not being sure
I've led a charmed life
No this ain't no hard luck story
Some have had better and some have had worse
But then again until you've walked in my shoes
You'd have to say I've led a charmed life
When the dice come tumbling down I'll be waiting
To see what luck comes my way
When the cards get passed around I'll be waiting
To see what hand I should play
I believe it's neither wrong or right
To cross that line from the dark to the light
And I say, "Even in the worst of times against all odds,
I seem to have led a charmed life."
