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Lucky

from Lucky by Ira Marlowe

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There's a shop on Market St. in downtown SF that can only be described as a pimp supply store. I was feeling a little low one day when I happened to walk by and spied something I just knew would change everything.

lyrics

I bought the red alligator shoes
They’re lucky
Time was short and rent was due
Lucky
A little too bold
For forty-some years old
But lucky
$69.99, see ‘em shine
like lucky

Everybody
shines sometimes
You and me
We been just a break away from lucky

I bought the red alligator shoes
It was an act of faith
Anytime you sing the blues
Act of faith
That somewhere someone’s keeping count
Up beside the gate
So you take the blows and you don’t go down
Act of faith

Everybody
shines sometimes
You and me
We been just a break away from lucky

And it all comes around
And it all evens out
So please don’t go
And please don’t doubt

I bought the red alligator shoes
They’re lucky
Now I’m walkin’ ‘round like front-page news
Lucky
And any prisoner in any cell
Singing to his sorry self
Swinging from a chain
Praying to a saint called Lucky
And any low-down dirty sod
You, but for the grace of god
Digging for the bottom of the world
There’s still a girl down there called Lucky
And she’s pretty and she’s sweet
And she knows just what you need
And the longer you’ve been down
The more you can count on Lucky
I bought the red alligator shoes


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from Lucky, released January 4, 2010
Paul Revelli: drums

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Ira Marlowe Berkeley, California

Ira Marlowe's songs have appeared in indy films, been featured on NPR and Dr. Demento, and won the Parent's Choice Award. He's taught songwriting at UC Berkeley and penned the tunes for four shows by a Tony-winning theatre troupe. He lives in Berkeley, CA with his dog Potus. ... more

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