The Luckiest Man Alive

from Ersatzreal by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE
And when it all collapsed I was underneath
In three weeks’ time a soldier came
And pulled me from beneath
And I looked so pathetic,
My body burned and broken
As the cameras were watching me,
I heard your words so softly spoken
“You are the luckiest man,
The luckiest man alive
You’re going to live every day from now,
Like the last day of your life
And you’ll be so glad to have me here,
To have me by your side
And even though you’re broken in two,
You’ll have no reason to hide”
Then you said “I won’t go away and
I’ll be with you every day
I’ll always be right by your side
Until the day you die...”
You walked into my life
Like you had always been around
I’d never seen your face before
Even in amongst the crowd
And as you came towards me slowly
I saw that look within your eyes
The one that said you wanted me
And there could be no compromise
I was shocked that this could be
I did not represent a prize
That did not seem to bother you
As you gazed into my eyes
And you took my hand and you led me down Into the blackness of your soul
It was far too late to turn around
When I realised your goal
When you said “I have come to take you
And you will not get away
You are mine and what is yours is mine
Today and everyday”

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from Ersatzreal, released October 8, 2007

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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