Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book

by Dead Can Dance

From the album: A Passage in Time

Track 13 of 16 on A Passage in Time (1991).

Duration: 6:03

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Lyrics for Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book

Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Books Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Books When you expect whistles, it's flutes When you expect flutes, it's whistles. What various paths are followed in distributing honors and possessions She gives awards to some and penitents cloaks to others. When you expect whistles, it's flutes When you expect flutes, it's whistles Sometimes she robs the chief goatherd af his cottage and goatpen And to whomever she fancies the lamest goat is born to kids When you expect whistles, it's flutes When you expect flutes, it's whistles. Because in a village a poor lad has stolen one egg. He swings in the sun While another gets away with a thousand crimes When you expect whistles, it's flutes When you expect flutes, it's whistles. (Aion)

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