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Shit Luck by Modest Mouse

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Modest Mouse

Shit Luck

Release date: 18th November 1997

From The Lonesome Crowded West
Track 11
2:23
AlternativeMusicIndie RockRock
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About This Track

'Shit Luck' by Modest Mouse is an alternative track from 'The Lonesome Crowded West' (1997). The lyrics frame a series of total catastrophes, with planes crashing, boats sinking, buildings burning, and a narrator whose heart has slowly dried up. It is a grim, doom-soaked catalogue of things going wrong, delivered with the weary certainty of someone already past asking for a fix.

"Shit Luck" is a track by Modest Mouse, from the album The Lonesome Crowded West, released 18th November 1997. The track is 2:23 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Modest Mouse.

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Modest Mouse

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Lyrics

Shit Luck

This plane is definitely crashing
This boat is obviously sinking
This building's totally burning down
And my, and my (a whole bunch)
And my heart has slowly dried up

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Track details

From The Lonesome Crowded West

2:231997
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Album
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse
18th November 1997
Track number
11
Release year
1997
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    6:53
  2. 2Heart Cooks Brain
    4:03
  3. 3Convenient Parking
    4:08
  4. 4Lounge (Closing Time)

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