Hazel O'Connor - Men of Good Fortune lyrics

{Words & Music: Lou Reed} 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 While the poor just sit there and cry And me ... ah ... 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't 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 Men of poor beginnings Men of good fortune Men of poor beginnings 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 But look at the Fords, hey didn't they start that way Anyway ... ha ... It makes no difference to me Men of good fortune Men of poor beginnings [Repeat to Fade]