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Good Fortune

Record Details

Release
2000
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Record Tracklist

  1. Good Fortune
    Good Fortune

    I threw my bad fortune off the top of a tall building
    but I’d rather have done it with you

    Your boy’s smile at five in the morning, I looked into your eyes
    and I was really in love

    In Chinatown, hungover, you showed me
    just what I could do

    Talking about time travel and its meaning
    and just what it was worth

    and I feel like some bird of paradise
    my bad fortune slipping away
    and I feel the innocence of a child –
    everybody’s got something good to say

    Things I once thought unbelievable in my life
    have all taken place

    When we walked through Little Italy I saw my reflection
    come right off your face

    I paint pictures to remember, you’re too beautiful
    to put into words

    Like a gypsy you dance in circles all around me
    and all over the world

    and I feel like some bird of paradise
    my bad fortune slipping away
    and I feel the innocence of a child –
    everybody’s got something good to say

    So I take my good fortune
    and I fantasize of our leaving
    like some modern-day
    gypsy landslide
    like some modern-day
    Bonnie and Clyde
    on the run again

  2. 66 Promises
  3. Memphis