Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book lyrics

Fortune presents gifts not according to the book

Fortune presents gifts not according to the book.

When you expect whistles it's flutes

When you expect flutes it's whistles

What various paths are followed in distributing honours and possesions

She gives awards to some and penitent's cloaks to others

When you expect whistles it's flutes

When you expect flutes it's whistles

Sometimes she robs the chief goatherd of his cottage and and goatpen

And to whomever she fancies the lamest goat has born two kids.

When you expect whistles it's flutes

When you expect flutes it's whistles.

Because in a village a poor lad has stolen one egg

He swings in the sun and another gets away with a thousand crimes.

When you expect whistles it's flutes

When you expect flutes it's whistles

• Artist:Dead Can Dance
• Album:Aion