“I’m A Lucky Guy”

“I’m A Lucky Guy” (Classic Pop/Contemporary Jazz/Musical Theatre) – A brass-filled full orchestra accompany’s a joyful lyric reflecting on companionship and love. To quote Hunter S. Thompson, “Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it”. Words by Paul Norman Tapp, music and performance by Zane Kuchera. 3/27/25

Lyrics

I’M A LUCKY GUY
Words by Paul Norman Tapp ©2025

Walking through the wild woods
Turned around and lost
I swear I just saw the ghost
Of Mister Robert Frost

Rocks slide down the hillside
There’s flooding from a stream
But then I see you crossing
On a narrow beam

And a raven just flew by
Through the misty sky
Won’t you hear that crow caw
Know I’m a lucky guy
Won’t you hear that crow caw
I know I’m a lucky guy

How long the rain fell
To be home and cry
Where wild grapes are growing
The spirits come by

Let’s fluff your pillow
There’s nary a scary beast
Dream fields we harvest
Awaken to a feast

And a raven just flew by
Through the misty sky
Won’t hear that crow caw
Know I’m a lucky guy
Won’t you hear that crow caw
I know I’m a lucky guy

Raindrops on eyelashes
Dripping when we kissed
If not lost in wild woods
All this I would have missed

So fear not the thunder
Let the lightning flash
Surrender to the wild woods
Maple oak n’ ash

And a raven just flew by
Through the misty sky
Won’t hear that crow caw
Know I’m a lucky guy
Won’t you hear that crow caw
I know I’m a lucky guy

More than marks made on the printed page
Heard words on high sorcerer of sage said
Everything was gonna be fine
If only I sipped slowly from wisdom’s wine

And a raven just flew by
Through the misty sky
Won’t hear that crow caw
Know I’m a lucky guy
Won’t you hear that crow caw
I know I’m a lucky guy