First You Think Your Fortune's Lovely

"First You Think Your Fortune's Lovely" is the second track off Jandek's debut album Ready For The House released on August 31, 1978. The song was written by Sterling Smith.

Lyrics
Everything's so restless

The wind has come again

Blowing me so far

I think I see a star

First you think your fortune's lovely

And you fly out through the door

Grandmama I feel so lonely

My rapture's painted on the floor

The roads lead all to Jacob’s kitchen

I'm sitting moon eyed at the table

Sitting blank-eyed by the door

Oh Lord, do you really think I'm able

Well I chose this love completely

When you took away the charm

Set your mind on breaking burdens

Said you done no one no harm

I feel a bit like floating water

Headed for the rocks at bay

Crash upon some ocean liner

Comes upon my lonesome way

Thought I see your eyes a-flashing

Thunder in your hair

I burnt a match for your complexion

The lights went out and you weren't there

Seated by the ranch I'm owning

Staring at the cellophane

Somebody came in for a question

I poured a glass out in the rain

The reason I have been accepted

Is that I failed to come on strong

Found a chair beside a window

Found a place where I belong

Inside myself there is no question

Just the jangle of our brain

Three times four is twenty-seven

Only fragments still remain

I curse the day I found my freedom

You took the mirror from the wall

Placed it in a single suitcase

Pointed down a hollow hall

You said you see your true direction

I'll be there behind the sun

And I'll go with you in the springtime

When all your travels have been done