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GOWER
So Marina ‘scapes the brothel and chances
Into a good home, and there she stays.
And she sings like an angel, and she dances
Goddess-like whenever the music plays.
Now that’s good luck, my darlin’
That’s good luck, who e’er you are.
That’s just good, good luck,
Call it fortune or fate,
Call it… karma.
Now Marina’s like a bee in honey.
Nobles throw their bounty at her feet,
Then she gathers up all of that money
And gives it right back to the brothel
So they’ll let her bee
Now that’s good luck my darlin’
(For them) That’s good luck, yes indeed
That’s just good, good luck,
Call it fortune or fate,
Call it… chaos theory.
Now Pericles, lost at sea, growing thin,
Neglected, filthy, yet alive,
He’s adrift, just blown by the winds
They blow him to the coast of Myteline
Look, his ship’s just arrived
Now that’s good luck my darlin’
I mean that’s just good luck, I’ve got no defense
It’s just good, good luck,
Call it fortune or fate,
Call it one hell of a coincidence
So he anchors here, where his daughter dances
On this the annual feast of Neptune’s Day.
Now by chance ,Lysimachus glances,
He sees the ship, he boards a barge
And towards the ship makes his way
And that’s good luck, my darlin’
That’s good luck against the odds
That’s just good, good luck
Call it fortune or fate
Call it a holy blessing from… uh… pick a God
(trumpet solo)
So once more I ask you: turn your mind
To Pericles’ ship at night.
Now, what’s done is done, and all aboard we will find
If happenstance alone
Can make things right
If it’s good luck, my darlin’
If good luck is enough.
If it’s good, good luck,
Call it fortune or fate,
Serendipity, kismet,
A force that can predestinate.
Now take us to the ship,
I hope it’s not too late.
Call it what you like,
I call it good, good luck
