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Your Good Fortune

from Your Good Fortune by Mavis Staples

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Why did you spend your good fortune on me
Why did you spend your good fortune on me
Did you lead me to suffer
Just to shuffle and breath
Did you pick through the litters
And just settled on me
Am I just a play thing
Or the wind like a leaf
Or did you lead me exactly where I need to be
Tell me why did you spend your good fortune on me
Why did you spend your good fortune on me
I can tell you of sorrows, of losing of pain
I can cry through….(1:53)…
It will wash you away
I can give you one reason, two reasons, or three
I can tell you about heartache, loneliness and grief
So why did you spend your good fortune on me
ooo why did you spend your good fortune on me
I can tell you a story
Tell it simple and plain
Tell you life is a candle
It flickers in arm of flame
So if I give you one reason
For me to say what I’m sayin’
I say that you are the answer
To my question everyday
Saying why did you spend your good fortune on me
Tell me why did you spend your great fortune on me
Why did you spend your glorious fortune on me
Why did you spend your glorious fortune on me
On me x4

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from Your Good Fortune, released April 21, 2015
Lead vocals: Mavis Staples
Drums and drum programming, bass, electric guitar, melodica and backing vocals: Son Little
Additional drum programming and electric piano: Count
Acoustic guitar: Rick Holmstrom
Slide guitar: Jeff Turmes
Backing vocals: Donny Gerrard, Megan Livingston, Vicki Randle
Gongs and percussion: Stephen Hodges

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