Eddie Noack - Take It Away Lucky

[skaybaltimore]

Wow. I just heard this song in "The Killer Inside Of Me" movie for the first time. The thing is...it sounds VERY similar to a John Prine song -- "That's The Way That The World Goes Round". I'd bet my bottom dollar that this Eddie Noack song was the inspiration for the John Prine song. I've been listening to John Prine since the early 70's, and never made a connection between one of his songs and the songs of anyone else. Thanks for posting.

[jtpost03]

@cocornii: To a non English speaker, some of the slang here may be hard to figure out.

"Win a dollar pot and they call it luck" - a "pot" refers to the winnings from a hand of poker.

"Bundle of joy" is a baby.

"If I got a little jack" - in this sense, "jack" (no capital J) is an old term for money.

[cocoroniii]

@jtpost03 Your language is very difficult! And Eddie Noack did not help much. Thank you very much. God bless you.

[filthyphillyboy]

You're welcome, cocoroniii.

[cocoroniii]

@filthyphillyboy Thank you very much! I thought I would never understand this song. It helped me a lot.

[cocoroniii]

Can someone post the lyrics of this song? I don't speak English, but I like this song. Thanks ; )

[filthyphillyboy]

[A] @cocoroniii Walk five miles, loose a hundred bucks. Win a dollar pot and they call it luck. They say, "Take it away Lucky, Luckiest man in town." Get hit by a truck and get a busted head, Everybody says "Lucky--he ain't dead." Lucky old Ned, luckiest man in town. Now, my wife said to me, And she looked kinda coy. Said we'd soon have a big family. Everybody wants a bundle of joy, So I said to myself, Oh,lucky me.

[filthyphillyboy]

[B] Didn't know that's where my troule'd begin. Other folks have one, but my wife had twins. They said, "Take 'em away, Lucky, Luckiest man in town." If I got a cigarette, I ain't got a match. If I set a dozen eggs, Eleven roosters hatch. If the mailman comes, He just brings bills. If I got a little Jack, I can't find no Jill. Can't seem to win, I guess I'll always lose.

[filthyphillyboy]

[C]

When the waiter brings the check

My buddy's tyin' his shoes.

He says, "Take it Away, Lucky.

Luckiest man in town.



[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Wow.

He sounds great.

I lot like Hank Williams.

George Vreeland Hill

[TATELANDDOG]

this dude sounds just like hank williams

[DodgeMan360]

@TATELANDDOG when I heard in on 'the killer inside me' I swore it was hank

[countrychess]

j'ai toujours aimé ce titre ainsi que Eddie, le piano est caractéristique des Stardays d'alors ainsi que la steel ; cela fait partie intégrante du son starday : prenez les premiers enregistrments de Jones ( What am I worth, Hold everythings, A cup of loneliness, and so on ...) et vous comprendrez ce que je veux dire .

[muggymuggy1234]

Man I wish bear family would come out with a box set or something by this guy! I Have about 5 discs pirated because it's all I can find!

[planetrocker1]

I've hear the guy playing steel on this is Herb Remington.

[DonJulioBlanco2002]

The steel player is probably Jimmy Biggar from the Western Cherokees. Milburn Annett on piano, Little Red Hayes on fiddle.

[doubleotwentyone]

Steel player sounds very much like Don Helms, although the wah wah doesnt......

[cherylmissouricharm]

great voice Ed ..wonder if you are related to me ? I have the same last name as you & my dad Leroy did have a brother named EDDIE NOACK:)

[countrydaver]

great song fab singer listen to this song every night looking for more information on eddie noak

[Murrrdah]

you can buy an eddie noack cd of all his starday recordings and D sessions on ebay. it was just released this year.

[countrydaver]

super what avoice any info on eddie noak

[rubendeleeuw]

WOW! Just about the most underrated

and forgotten Country and hillbilly

master!!!

Great one from him on 'starday'!

Thank you so much for sharing!!

One of my alltime heros!!