Name: Good Fortune, Baby
Duration: P00H02M50S
Description: Continuing my trek through Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find collection, this one is inspired by "A Stroke of Good Fortune." Apparently, it's one of her least favorite stories in her collection, and it does seem a little slight, and I felt the disconnect in trying to write this song. Still, I think I can live with this for a first draft.

Doug Davis - Good Fortune, Baby

from Round 30, Week 5 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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Continuing my trek through Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find collection, this one is inspired by "A Stroke of Good Fortune." Apparently, it's one of her least favorite stories in her collection, and it does seem a little slight, and I felt the disconnect in trying to write this song. Still, I think I can live with this for a first draft.

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Ruby, oh my dear
You ain’t like everyone
You know where you come from
And why you’ve gone

Ruby, don’t you know
You’re made for better things
No bibs or apron strings
drag you down

No, no
They’ll never bring you low
Just one more stair to go
Say good fortune
baby

Ruby, don’t you fade
You’ll never be that fool
skipping rocks with jewels
all greyed and sour

Ruby, climb those stairs
are your fingers feeling numb?
does your heart beat like a drum?
Must be painful

No, no
They’ll never bring you low
Just one more stair to go
Say good fortune
baby

Oh, Ruby, did you slip?
You wouldn’t be the first
the fortune teller’s curse
is what you make it

Ruby, odds are stacked
oh, can you dance with doom?
can you make a little room
For someone else?

No, no
They’ll never bring you low
Just one more stair to go
Say good fortune
baby

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from Round 30, Week 5, released December 28, 2020

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