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Fortunate Son
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Rock
Fortunate Son was released on July 12, 2019 by Cherry Red Records as a part of the album The Long Goodbye
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Release DateJuly 12, 2019
LabelCherry Red Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM179

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pere Ubu
Pere Ubu
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Thomas
David Thomas
Songwriter

Lyrics

Yeah, I hear voices in my head
That's me
My voice
The problem with crazy people is that
Is that they don't recognize that voice as their own
One person you don't want to be alienated from is yourself
That's gotta cause problems
My favorite voice speaks from under the lamplight of a
Roadside diner in the urban sprawl of Los Angeles
Sometime in the 40s
Something like a Jim Thompson novel
I'd like to speak from other places that don't exist
Waiting in line at a dairy freeze whipped stand
On a bayou outside Houston
Inside the ghost ruins of the cities of my martian ancestors
At the end counter table of the Waffle
House with the view of Walden Pond
I was just there
A man about my age comes in for lunch with his granddaughter
He punches "Unfortunate Son" and "Layla" on the jukebox
I'm looking out the window thinking about America and I
I start to cry
So I pay the waitress for his meal and
Tell her not to say who it was
Which she does and he comes out to thank me
"Thanks for playing the songs," I answer
"You like Eric Clapton?" he asks
I think about what to say
It takes a moment
"It's a good song," I say
Places that don't exist have
Something in common
They're real
Places that do exist aren't so real after a while
Written by: David Thomas
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