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Richard Clapton - I Wanna Be a Survivor
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Richard Clapton - Ace Of Hearts
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Richard Clapton - All Fall Down
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Richard Clapton - All Stand Together
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Richard Clapton - All these prodigal children
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Richard Clapton - Amsterdam
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Richard Clapton - Angelou
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Richard Clapton - Atom Bomb
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Richard Clapton - Blue Bay Blues
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Richard Clapton - Bomb the Bomb
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Richard Clapton - Burn Down Your Bridges
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Richard Clapton - Burning Ships
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Richard Clapton - Calling For You
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Richard Clapton - Capricorn Dancer
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Richard Clapton - Casanova's Got The Blues
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Richard Clapton - Chameleons
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Richard Clapton - Chinatown
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Richard Clapton - Cry Mercy Sister
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Richard Clapton - Dark Spaces
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Richard Clapton - Deep Water
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Richard Clapton - Diamond Mine
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Richard Clapton - Distant Thunder
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Richard Clapton - Dixieland
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Richard Clapton - Don't Be a Stanger
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Richard Clapton - Down The Road
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Richard Clapton - Down The Tracks
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Richard Clapton - Down To The Ark
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Richard Clapton - Emperor's New Clothes
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Richard Clapton - Factory Life
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Richard Clapton - Feelin' Alright Tonight
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Richard Clapton - Flow In Motion
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Richard Clapton - Get Back To The Shelter
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Richard Clapton - Girls On The Avenue
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Richard Clapton - Glory Road
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Richard Clapton - Goodbye Tiger
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Richard Clapton - Happy Valley
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Richard Clapton - Hardly Know Myself
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Richard Clapton - Head Full of Rain
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Richard Clapton - Hearts on the Nightline
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Richard Clapton - Here Inside Of Me
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Richard Clapton - Hiding from the Light
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Richard Clapton - High As The Heavens
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Richard Clapton - High Society
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Richard Clapton - Howl
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Richard Clapton - I Am An Island
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Richard Clapton - I Can Talk to You
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Richard Clapton - I Didn't Wanna Make You Stay
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Richard Clapton - I Fell For You
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Richard Clapton - I Just Can't Make It
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Richard Clapton - I Wish I Was In Paris
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Richard Clapton - Islands Of The Heart
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Richard Clapton - Kathleen
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Richard Clapton - Katy's Leaving Babylon
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Richard Clapton - Kickin' The Moon Around
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Richard Clapton - Last Train To Marseilles
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Richard Clapton - Le Club des Fools
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Richard Clapton - Liberty Bell
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Richard Clapton - Little Pilgrims
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Richard Clapton - Lonesome Heart
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Richard Clapton - Love is Strong
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Richard Clapton - Lucky Country
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Richard Clapton - Metropolis
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Richard Clapton - Modern Life
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Richard Clapton - My Mind's Eye
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Richard Clapton - Need a Visionary
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Richard Clapton - New World
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Richard Clapton - Obsession
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Richard Clapton - Ode To A Slow Boat
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Richard Clapton - Out On The Edge Again
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Richard Clapton - Out on the Island
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Richard Clapton - Paradise Drive
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Richard Clapton - Passing Trains
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Richard Clapton - Poor Man's Saviour
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Richard Clapton - Precious
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Richard Clapton - Prussian Blue
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Richard Clapton - Real Life (is stranger than fiction)
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Richard Clapton - Real Love
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Richard Clapton - Richard Clapton
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Richard Clapton - Rose Wine Café
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Richard Clapton - Shadows
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Richard Clapton - Shine a Light
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Richard Clapton - Soldier Of Fortune
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Richard Clapton - Solidarity
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Richard Clapton - Some Sunny Day
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Richard Clapton - Sometimes the Fire
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Richard Clapton - Sophisticated Girl
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Richard Clapton - Southern Germany
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Richard Clapton - Spellbound
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Richard Clapton - Stay With Me
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Richard Clapton - Stepping Across The Line
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Richard Clapton - Strange Days in Chippendale
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Richard Clapton - Suit Yourself
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Richard Clapton - Syncopation Train
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Richard Clapton - That Moon
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Richard Clapton - The Best Years Of Our Lives
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Richard Clapton - The Dark End of The Road
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Richard Clapton - The Devil in Paradise
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Richard Clapton - The Night Train
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Richard Clapton - The Ride Out
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Richard Clapton - The Simple Things
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Richard Clapton - The Underground
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Richard Clapton - The Universal
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Richard Clapton - The Working Class Life
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Richard Clapton - Thorn in My Saddle
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Richard Clapton - Throw Me Down a Line
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Richard Clapton - Tides of Time
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Richard Clapton - Trust Somebody
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Richard Clapton - Turn My Heart Around
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Richard Clapton - Up Where The Angels Fly
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Richard Clapton - Walk On Water
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Richard Clapton - What Does It Take To Get Lucky
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Richard Clapton - Wild Child
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Richard Clapton - Zweite Neon
What Does It Take To Get Lucky
Richard Clapton
Of that big Mercedes Benz,
I'm just another bum on the streets downtown,
I ain't worked since God knows when;
Each night in Bluesville I been hanging out,
With all the usual layabouts,
I lost my fight with the government,
They stole my life and my confidence;
Ain't had a job,
For so many years,
Slip slidin' down
In a big abyss,
So many times,
Got a knife in the back,
That's how it goes
On the wrong side of the tracks;
What does it take to get lucky?
When you've been living on the edge,
The price we pay to get happy,
Is way too high for an ordinary man;
What does it take to get lucky?
When you can't beat the government,
When they can smell your desperation,
Ain't got no money and no friends;
So many times I've tried to finally get it right,
Picked myself up again - and got on with my life,
I worked my life away - working for the basic wage,
When they were done with me - I found myself out on the street,
What happened to the dream of everything they promised me,
Am I supposed to fade away and leave another vacant space,
Fade to grey and disappear, like I was never really here,
If there's a God above - I need a shot of love.
What does it take to get lucky?
We live from one day to the next
The bankers and the politicians
Are living high off the ordinary man
What does it take to get lucky?
We try to make some sense of it,
They feed off all our desperation,
Driving us down to the bitter end;
We all just live our lives from one day to the next,
Pick ourselves up again and try to make amends,
There'll always be some guy holding up another sign
You can't do this - and you can't do that,
And you'd just better pay your tax
Ain't gonna live my life by the laws of church and state
I'll keep on working for my independence day
Break away and disappear - ain't gonna live in fear
Sure as there's a God above - I need a shot of love.