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PJ Harvey – Good Fortune (2000) | Track profile | Dork

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PJ Harvey
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Good Fortune

SINGLE

Good Fortune

Release date: 22nd October 2000

From Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Track 2

3:20

Pop Music Rock Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"Good Fortune" is a single by PJ Harvey, from the album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea, released 22nd October 2000. The track is 3:20 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about PJ Harvey.

About the Artist

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

Lyrics

Good Fortune

Threw my bad fortune off the top of a tall building
I'd rather have done it with you
Your boy's smile
Five in the morning
Looked into your eyes and I was really in love

In Chinatown, hung over
You showed me just what I could do
Talking about time travel and meaning
Just what it was worth

And I feel like some bird of paradise
My bad fortune slipping away
And I feel the innocence of a child
Everybody's got something good to say

Things I once thought unbelievable in my life
Have all taken place
When we walked through Little Italy
I saw my reflection come right off your face

I paint pictures to remember
You're too beautiful to put into words
Like a gypsy, you dance in circles all around me
And all over the world

And I feel like some bird of paradise
My bad fortune slipping away
And I feel the innocence of a child
Everybody's got something good to say
And I feel like some bird of paradise
My bad fortune slipping away
And I feel the innocence of a child
Everybody's got something good to say

So I take my good fortune
And I fantasize of our leaving
Like some modern-day gypsy landslide
Like some modern day Bonnie and Clyde

On the run again (on the run again)
On the run again (on the run again)
On the run again (on the run again)
On the run again (on the run again)

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Track details

From Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

3:202000Single

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Album

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

23rd October 2000

Track number

2

Release year

2000

1Big Exit
3:54
2Good Fortune
3:20
3A Place Called Home
3:42
4One Line
3:14

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PJ Harvey — Good Fortune

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: PJ Harvey
Producer: Mick Harvey, PJ Harvey, Rob Ellis
Bass: Mick Harvey
Drums: Rob Ellis
Guitar: PJ Harvey
Vocals: PJ Harvey
Electric Piano: Rob Ellis
Mastering Engineer: Howie Weinberg
Mixing Engineer: Victor Van Vugt
Piano: Rob Ellis
Recording Engineer: Howard “Head” Bullivant
Synthesizer: Rob Ellis