Lyrics to
Men Of Good Fortune

This version of Men Of Good Fortune was released by Lou Reed in 1973.

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Men of good fortune
often cause empires to fall
While men of poor beginnings
often can’t do anything at all

The rich son waits for his father to die
the poor just drink and cry
And me, I just don’t care at all

Men of good fortune
very often can’t do a thing
While men of poor beginnings
often can do anything

At heart they try to act like a man
handle things the best way they can
They have no rich, daddy to fall back on

Men of good fortune
often cause empires to fall
While men of poor beginnings
often can’t do anything at all

It takes money to make money they say
look at the Fords, but didn’t they start that way
Anyway, it makes no difference to me

Men of good fortune
often wish that they could die
While men of poor beginnings
want what they have and to get it they’ll die

All those great things that live has to give
they wanna have money and live
But me, I just don’t care at all

Men of good fortune
men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
men of poor beginnings
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About Lyrics and Men Of Good Fortune by Lou Reed

The lyrics to Men Of Good Fortune are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Lou Reed used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Men Of Good Fortune have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Lou Reed and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Men Of Good Fortune by Lou Reed. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Men Of Good Fortune" means the words set to the music of Men Of Good Fortune, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Men Of Good Fortune and the lyrics to Men Of Good Fortune are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to Men Of Good Fortune, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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