From the recording What They Say Ain't True
Lyrics by Kent Nickerson
Music and arrangement by Kent Nickerson, Josh Flenniken, Pierre Lefebvre, and Chris Russell
Josh Flenniken: Guitar and Vocals
Pierre Lefebvre: Bass
Kent Nickerson: Lead Vocals and Guitar
Chris Russell: Drums, Percussion, and Vocals
Recorded at Nightsound Studios | Carrboro, NC
with Glenn Schwartz, Chris Wimberley, and Kei Mizobuchi
Mixed and Mastered by Bob Giovannetti at Crystal Pig Recording Studios | Alpha, NJ
Lyrics
Last night he left me for some other girl
who’s younger than our daughter and pretty as a pearl
A family of fortune, she’s funny, smart, and thin
And I can’t help but wonder what she sees in him.
I’m not gonna get angry. The damage is already done
And I’m already thinking that I am the lucky one
He makes everything harder than it needs to be
He’s got a thousand ways to make a fool of me
But this time it’s all different, now I see the light
Out on the horizon beyond this lonesome night
I don’t wanna get even, cause when it’s all said and done
I get the feeling that I am the lucky one
The autumn leaves turn for fear of winter’s breath
And flaunt their secret beauty with pageantry in death
Like them, I will fall to land on solid ground
I might get swept away. I might just blow around
I don’t know where I’m going, but I know where I’m coming from
And I already know that I am the lucky one
I am the lucky one