Lyr Req: Lucky Man (Grit Laskin)

Subject: Lucky Man
From: nutty
Date: 30 Jan 01 - 09:20 AM

Could anyone give me the words to this song which I heard recently
The only bit I can remember (in fact it's stuck in my brain) is - Oh I am a lucky man - Favoured by good fortunes hand

Thanks

Subject: Lyr Add: LUCKY MAN (Bruce Springsteen)
From: Quincy
Date: 30 Jan 01 - 03:04 PM

It's not the Springsteen one is it?

LUCKY MAN

Running down the highway half past eleven
Waitin' for my odometer to roll straight sevens
I'm a lucky man
I went to see the gypsy the other night
She looked in my palm looked me in the eye
Said you're a lucky man
Some folks got fortune some got eyes of blue
What you got will always see you through
You're a lucky man
Pa went from the army to the factory to the killing yard
I make my living with my hands behind the wheel of this car
I'm a lucky man
Messin' with me man wouldn't be wise
Roll them dice son - ah snake eyes
I'm a lucky man
Had a girl in Calgary I gave her up
Man that love thing was messin' with my luck
I'm a lucky man
I'll wake up tomorrow morning in another state
Kiss me now baby before it's too late
If you wanna kiss a lucky man
I don't miss no girl I don't miss no home
He travels fastest who travels alone
He's a lucky man
A man with the world in the palm of his hands


best wishes, Yvonne

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lucky Man
From: mousethief
Date: 30 Jan 01 - 03:07 PM

He had white horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lucky Man
From: nutty
Date: 30 Jan 01 - 03:14 PM

No Quincy - Sorry -thats not the one - but thanks anyway
I've spent all afternoon trying to track it down on the net and have discovered it was recorded by a Canadian called Grit Laskin - it may even have been written by him

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lucky Man
From: nutty
Date: 31 Jan 01 - 06:21 AM

Still doing my homework and moving forward slowly
Found a clip on Folk Legacy who are re-releasing two previous records UNMASKED & LILA'S JIG as a double CD called UNABASHEDLY FOLK

I now know that the song starts ;-

I had no say in being born
Or when and where it happened to me
It's only chance that turned the wheel
And made my living easy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lucky Man
From: nutty
Date: 31 Jan 01 - 11:38 AM

Found it

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lucky Man
From: Quincy
Date: 31 Jan 01 - 01:28 PM

Well show us it!!!!!

Yvonne

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: LUCKY MAN (Grit Laskin)
From: nutty
Date: 31 Jan 01 - 01:57 PM

LUCKY MAN (Grit Laskin)

F C F G7 C I had no say in being born, F C Dm7 G7 Or where or when it happened to me
F C F G7 C It's only chance that turned the wheel F Dm7 G7 And made my living easy

CHORUS
F Dm7 C F Dm7 G7 Oh, I am a lucky man, favored by good fortune's hand,
F Dm7 G7 C Far more than I'm deserving

F C F G7 C I've had good work since I've been young,
F C Dm7 G7 Mastered a trade,my business thriving
F C F G7 C Yet thousands idly bide their days
F Dm7 G7 No job means no surviving

F C F G7 C I share a love that's fair and true
F C Dm7 G7 A marriage have I that's rich with pleasure
F C F G7 C Yet there are those whose wedding vows
F Dm7 G7 Are shackles that embitter

F C F G7 C There's some who die for want of bread
F C Dm7 G7 There's some are killed for seeking freedom
F C F G7 C Yet I have more of what they crave
F Dm7 G7 Than ever I'll be needing.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lucky Man
From: nutty
Date: 31 Jan 01 - 02:04 PM

Quincy - if I could do blue clicky things I could have linked you to the thread but hope the above will do

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lucky Man
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 31 Jan 01 - 11:16 PM

Folk-Legacy carries the 2-CD release, but Borealis, the young Canadian label (also responsible for Rick Fielding's second CD) actually released it. It's a combination of two earlier LPs by Grit (William) Laskin, guitar maker to the stars, novelist, song maker, multi-instrumentalist, genius, and gentleperson.

Sandy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lucky Man
From: Quincy
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 05:47 AM

Thanks Nutty....
I love it when there's a success with lyrics!

regards Yvonne

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lucky Man
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 09:35 AM

Wow Mousethief

someone else who remembers the first Emerson Lake & Palmer LP!!