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Artist: Iris DeMent
Canonical path: /iris-dement/misfortune
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Misfortune
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Misfortune
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One to many times I've seen you in a frown
Hold your head down in despair
Oh, but, time after time you wear that frown
But you never seemed to care
Fortune, misfortune
Such a distortion
Fortune, misfortune
Such a distortion
You keep on reaching for those things you just can't keep
You keep on searching for tommorow
Oh but i know, what you sew you also reap
You beg you steal and you borrow
Fortune, misfortune
Fortune, misfortune
Such a distortion
Fortune, misfortune
Such a distortion
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Iris DeMent performs "Misfortune", and this lyric page sits inside the Iris DeMent catalog on LyroVerse.
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