Good Fortune

Album: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
Charted: 41
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  • Threw my bad fortune
    Off the top of
    A tall building
    I'd rather done it with you

    Your boy's smile
    Five in the morning
    Looked into your eyes
    And I was really in love

    In Chinatown
    Hung over
    You showed me
    Just what I could do

    Talking about
    Time travel
    And the meaning
    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

    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 (on the run again)
    On the run again (on the run again)
    On the run again (on the run again)
    On the run again (on the run again) Writer/s: Polly Harvey
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.,
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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