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Fate
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Soundtrack
Fate was released on January 1, 1965 by Masterworks as a part of the album Kismet (Music Theater of Lincoln Center Cast Recording (1965))
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1965
LabelMasterworks
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM166

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake
Performer
Kismet Orchestra
Kismet Orchestra
Orchestra
Franz Allers
Franz Allers
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Robert Wright
Robert Wright
Composer
George Forrest
George Forrest
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
George R. Marek
George R. Marek
Producer
Andy Wiswell
Andy Wiswell
Producer
Ernie Oelrich
Ernie Oelrich
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

I sat down feeling desolated
Bowed my head and crossed my knees
Is fortune really predicated
Upon such tiny turns as these?
Then Fate's a thing without a head
A puzzle never understood
And man proceeds where he is led
Unguaranteed of bad or good
Fate!
Fate can be the trap in your path
The bitter cup of your tears
Your wine of wrath!
Fate can be shade in the desert blaze
Sudden food in a famine found
The sound of praise!
Incomprehensible and strange
Fate can play a trick with the twine
To weave the evil and good
In one design!
And so, my Destiny
I look at you and cannot see
Is it good, is it ill?
Am I blessed, am I cursed?
Is it honey on my tongue or brine?
What fate, what fate is mine?
Fate can play a trick with the twine
To weave the evil and good
In one design!
And so, my Destiny
I look at you and cannot see
Is it good, is it ill?
Am I blessed, am I cursed?
Is it honey on my tongue or brine?
What fate, what fate is mine?
Written by: George Forrest, Robert Wright
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