Drifting in the Hand of Fortune

from HAIL OBLIVION by Orion Stephanie Johnstone and Joshua William Gelb

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DRIFTING IN THE HAND OF FORTUNE
in which The Gentleman Pirate is discovered aboard his ship, The Revenge.
Featuring Rick Burkhardt and the Company.

lyrics

Lyrics:

BONNET:
No stars tonight.
The sky is black
The ocean is black
We might be flying through the air.

“When I get better, Father,
Will you take me to sea?
Father?”

CREW:
I long for the day
When my ship leaves
The harbor.

BONNET:
When you get better…

BONNET & CREW:
We speed ahead and we’re pushed like a sliver of ecstasy.

BONNET:
Drifting in the hand of fortune, my son.
Strictly in the hand of fortune, my son.
Sweetly in the hand of fortune, we’re finally
Free!

BONNET & CREW:
The shore so far behind us!
Not even God can find us!
With a way-hay finally free
A way-hay finally free!

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from HAIL OBLIVION, released April 9, 2017
Performed by Bonnet (Rick Burkhardt), Sirens, and Crew

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Johnstone/Gelb New York, New York

HAIL OBLIVION is the latest work by Gelb and Johnstone, whose music theater projects include Tully (In No Particular Order), last seen at NYMF, and the rock musical Sometimes in Prague, which was featured in American Theater Magazine as part of the Polyphone Festival, after previous development at the Tank, Joe's Pub, and the New Ohio Ice Factory. ... more