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Fortune and the City (Fine Fine Pretty)
fine, fine, pretty
yeah, sing a song of Fortune
damned good looking at your side
fine, fine, pretty
yeah, sing a song of millions
trying to catch the corner of her eye
the signs for Fortune City start a thousand miles away
and the signs for where I'm from are hard to find
so when I became a man, I followed Fortune down her highway
counting off the miles on those signs
and I swore I saw her footprint
on top of every high-rise
that prickled at the sky as I approached
and I strained to hear her whisper
and it shook me down like thunder
so I figured I was getting close
fine, fine, pretty
yeah, sing a song of Fortune
damned good looking at your side
fine, fine, pretty
yeah, sing a song of millions
trying to catch the corner of her eye
now Fortune is a goddess with a dangerous mystique
and she is courtly and capricious and coquettish
and she is quick to see the weakness in any would-be suitor
and fan it up to a full-blown fetish
and I swear I've seen her lipstick
on every passing collar
in the corridors of power
on the avenues of cash
as we seek her like a lover
lining up before her altar
coming one by one to try our match
singing "we will make an offering
an offering of life and blood
we will make an offering
an offering of life and blood"
the siren song of Fortune rings a thousand miles away
and she will pick you up and move your feet to travel
and I've found that if you're willing
she'll let you come in closer
and closer
until you feel yourself unravel
and for all the times she's kissed me
for all I might have tasted
my flesh is always hungry and I'm always wanting more
and she's got me in a savage place I always knew existed
it never seemed so civilized before
fine, fine, pretty
yeah, sing a song of Fortune
damned good looking at your side
fine, fine, pretty
yeah, sing a song of millions
trying to catch the corner of her eye
fine, fine, pretty
yeah, sing a song of Fortune
damned good looking at your side
fine, fine, pretty
yeah, sing a song of minions
caught beneath the corner of her eye
for life and blood
life and blood
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