"Get Lucky" meets "The Cult Of The Amateur"

[noauth]

Many onliners aren't bothering to get accurate lyrics to this Mark Knopfler title track, and are too intellectually naive to pick up on a certain concept.

They keep transcribing it as variants of "what about happiness and money?" when it should be "THE ONE about happiness and money," meaning the old adage "money can't buy you happiness." The "bread line" knows that money is needed for physical survival and a rudimentary level of happiness is impossible without it.

Sure, it could sound like he's singing "what about..." but well-rounded people would understand why that doesn't flow. I agree with "The Cult Of The Amateur" author Andrew Keen that laymen are bastardizing content and need to do their homework.

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Get Lucky (official lyrics from markknopfler.com)

I'm better with my muscles
than I am with my mouth
I'll work the fairgrounds in the summer
or go pick fruit down south
And when I feel them chilly winds
where the weather goes I'll follow
Pack up my travelling things
go with the swallows
And I might get lucky now and then - you win some
I might get lucky now and then - you win some

I wake up every morning
keep an eye on what I spent
Got to think about eating
got to think about paying the rent
I always think it's funny -
gets me every time
The one about happiness and money -
tell it to the bread line
But you might get lucky now and then - you win some
You might get lucky now and then - yeah, you win some

Now I'm rambling through this meadow
happy as a man can be
Think I'll just lay me down
under this old tree
On and on we go
through this old world a' shuffling
If you've got a truffle dog
you can go truffling
And you might get lucky now and then - you win some
You might get lucky now and then - yeah, you win some

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Jim

P.S. This song creates a rare, poignant atmosphere and is one of his best efforts.