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OUTTAKE: The Sure Thing

from Lucky by Ira Marlowe

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Or so it seemed...

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When you’re on a secret mission
Hearts’ll break and walls’ll listen
Everything you see
Is nothing like it seems to be
Anything you find
You better stop and look behind
But then I found you
Now I know what I’m gonna do…

I’m gonna go
With the sure thing
It’s a rare thing
To be sure
I didn’t know
My heart from a hole in the ground
My head from the hollowest sound
Made as I stumble around

Used to love to play the ponies
Heard my bookie on the phone
Said I’ve got a marker due
and she could leave a mark or two
Cupid roughed me up enough
to never ever call that bluff
I’m givin’ up on 10-to-1
Wishin’ never got it done

I’m gonna go
With the sure thing
It’s a rare thing
To be sure
I didn’t know
My heart from a hole in the ground
My head from the hollowest sound
Made as I’d
stumble around
Stumble around
Stumble around

Used to know a gypsy queen
She banged me like a tambourine
Took me to some other land
right underneath her neon hand
But any roll that feels so nice
is bound to come from loaded dice
And she was just a caravan
From town to town to man to man…

I’m gonna go
With the sure thing
It’s a rare thing
To be sure
I didn’t know
My heart was a hole in the ground
My head made the hollowest sound
Til she turned it around

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

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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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