Lyrics - How Fortunate The Man With None by Dead Can Dance

You saw sagacious
Solomon
You know what came of him,
To him complexities seemed plain.
He cursed the hour that gave birth to him
And saw that everything was vain.
How great and wise was
Solomon.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's wisdom that had brought him to this state.
How fortunate the man with none.
You saw courageous
Caesar next
You know what he became.
They deified him in his life
Then had him murdered just the same.
And as they raised the fatal knife
How loud he cried: you too my son!
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's courage that had brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.
You heard of honest
Socrates
The man who never lied:
They weren't so grateful as you'd think
Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried
And handed him the poisoned drink.
How honest was the people's noble son.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's honesty that brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.
Here you can see respectable folk
Keeping to
God's own laws.
So far he hasn't taken heed.
You who sit safe and warm indoors
Help to relieve our bitter need.
How virtuously we had begun.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's fear of god that brought us to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.performed by
Lisa
Gerrard &
Brendan
Perryengineered and produced by
Brendan
Perry at
Quivvy
Church4-
A-
D,
P.
O.
BOX 461599,
Los
Angeles,
CA 90046-9599.(c) 1993
Written by
Dead
Can
Danceexcept"
The
Wind that
Shakes the
Baley"words and music:
Dr.
Robert
Dwyer
Joyce"
How
Fortunate the
Man with
None"music:
Dead
Can
Dancewords:
Bertold
Brecht (
Translation
John
Willet) (send a mail and you'll get the original german text)
ISC file date vom 22.11.1993 (in
Alpena,
Michigan,
USA)

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