Good Fortune

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Good Fortune by PJ Harvey

About Good Fortune

“Good Fortune” was recorded during the sessions for "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea" throughout March and April 2000 at Linford Manor in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. The song was one nineteen songs PJ Harvey had written for the album, alongside the single’s B-sides “Memphis” and “66 Promises.” It is the second track and lead single from her fifth studio album "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea", and was released on 13 November 2000 on Island Records. .

Good Fortune Lyrics

[00:07.89] Threw my bad fortune off the top of a tall building
[00:13.94] I'd rather have done it with you
[00:19.99] Your boy's smile
[00:21.54] Five in the morning
[00:23.54] Looked into your eyes and I was really in love
[00:31.59] In Chinatown, hung over
[00:35.20] You showed me just what I could do
[00:42.86] Talking about time travel and meaning
[00:48.24] Just what it was worth
[00:54.11] And I feel like some bird of paradise
[00:57.84] My bad fortune slipping away
[01:01.56] And I feel the innocence of a child
[01:05.56] Everybody's got something good to say
[01:17.35] Things I once thought unbelievable in my life
[01:22.60] Have all taken place
[01:28.56] When we walked through Little Italy
[01:32.20] I saw my reflection come right off your face
[01:39.89] I paint pictures to remember
[01:43.47] You're too beautiful to put into words
[01:51.38] Like a gypsy, you dance in circles all around me
[01:56.67] And all over the world
[02:02.83] And I feel like some bird of paradise
[02:06.53] My bad fortune slipping away
[02:10.28] And I feel the innocence of a child
[02:14.16] Everybody's got something good to say
[02:17.75] And I feel like some bird of paradise
[02:21.77] My bad fortune slipping away
[02:25.32] And I feel the innocence of a child
[02:29.27] Everybody's got something good to say
[02:33.53]
[02:40.89] So I take my good fortune
[02:44.56] And I fantasize of our leaving
[02:48.16] Like some modern-day gypsy landslide
[02:51.84] Like some modern day Bonnie and Clyde
[02:56.14] On the run again (on the run again)
[02:59.30] On the run again (on the run again)
[03:03.28] On the run again (on the run again)
[03:07.25] On the run again (on the run again)
[03:12.19]

From the album: Women in Front... Boys On The Side