Story Behind The Song
A woman I was married to for about five minutes left me for a super-successful guy who owned a bar called "Lucky's." Hence "Lucky Man."
Song Description
He knows something's wrong, and then she leaves him for someone who's more successful, lucky at everything. He can't stop seeing the two of them together walking hand in hand and imagining them in a rumpled bed.
| Song Length |
4:10 |
Genre |
R & B - Soul, Blues - Modern |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Irritated |
Subject |
Breaking Up |
| Similar Artists |
Elvis Costello |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Not much to put my finger on
Just a gnawing sense of something wrong
Like waking up with a stranger in my bed
A lover's deeds undone, a lover's words unsaid
Then that wretched phrase, "We made a mistake
No tears no drama, let's make a clean break"
Don't you know it never works that way
There's always blood about the place
When someone's ripped away
Lucky man
They call him the lucky man
He must be lucky 'cause he's walkin' hand-in-hand
With the girl who yesterday was my baby
Lucky man
They call him the lucky man
The say he gives her everything she said she didn't need
From me
I wish these tapes would go away
They keep playing us at play
I see you lying on our rumpled bed
But when you turn and whimper, lucky man in my stead
I'm just sayin', I'm so confused
Words are precious; they're not to be abused
If "I love you" means for better and for worse
Don't it lose a little luster with each new verse?
Lucky man
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