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Bad Luck Lyrics
[Chorus]
Woke a dog from a running dream
And that's bad luck (Bad luck)
Ate a black fly in the cream
And that's bad luck (Bad, bad luck)
Chipped my tooth on an engagement ring
And that's bad luck (Bad luck)
Could have stopped any one of these things
But that would have been bad luck
[Verse 1]
Are you tired of things going right?
Things going wrong?
Tired of trying to make everyone happy?
Too tired to sing your own songs
[Verse 2]
Do you wish you could stop everything
And take back your love?
Say you're sorry that you gave it up so easy
And cry like you're trying to be born?
[Chorus]
Woke a dog from a running dream
And that's bad luck (Bad luck)
Ate a black fly in the cream
And that's bad luck (Bad, bad luck)
Chipped my tooth on an engagement ring
And that's bad luck (Bad luck)
Could have stopped any one of these things
But that would have been bad luck
[Bridge]
So I died and went to work
So I died and went to work
It's not as bad as I thought it would be
But it's still pretty bad luck
It's not as bad as I thought it would be
But it's still pretty bad luck
[Chorus]
I woke a dog from a running dream
And that's bad luck (Bad luck)
I ate a black fly in the cream
And that's bad luck (Bad, bad luck)
Chipped my tooth on an engagement ring
And that's bad luck (Bad luck)
Could have stopped any one of these things
But that would have been bad luck
[Verse 3]
And love, the most contrary asset of them all
Dragging in on nature's coattails
Acting like it wrote the moon
Trying to pass riddles as poetry
Embargo is love's waiting room
[Verse 4]
And meantime
Right here in human time
My heart could break for a one-legged seagull
And still afford nothing to you (That's bad luck)
[Verse 5]
Are you tired of things going right?
Things going wrong?
Tired of trying to make everyone happy?
Too tired to sing your own songs
[Chorus]
Woke a dog from a running dream
And that's bad luck (Bad luck)
Ate a black fly in the cream
And that's bad luck (Bad, bad luck)
Chipped my tooth on an engagement ring
And that's bad luck (Bad luck)
Could have stopped any one of these things
But that would have been bad luck
[Outro]
So I died and went to work
So I died and went to work
So I died and went to work
So I died and went to work
Bad Luck Q&A
Who wrote Bad Luck's ?
Bad Luck was written by Paul Rigby & Neko Case.
Who produced Bad Luck's ?
Bad Luck was produced by Björn Yttling & Neko Case.
What did Neko Case say about "Bad Luck"?
I was thinking about superstition and what we consider bad luck — the little mechanisms that are invented to undo that accidental bad luck. Things that are so specific and crazy: “Throw salt over your shoulder.” I wanted to invent some new scenarios that could be seen as bad luck.
- Stereogum
What impact did Case's house burning down have on the recording of the song?
From an interview Case gave on NPR:
[T]he song was written long before the actual event, but I had to sing it the morning of the fire. So I thought for a long time that it just sounded really blah and very cold. But the backing vocals are so energetic and they’re a great counterpoint to the kind of...