Lucky 13

"Lucky 13"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Album Lyrics Tabs
Released	September 5, 2000
Studio sessions	November 1998-September 1999 – Pumpkinland July 2000 – Chicago Recording Company
Length	3:05
Songwriter(s)	Billy Corgan

"Lucky 13" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' sixth studio album, Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music.

The mix prepared for the Machina reissue is said to be a vast improvement, featuring live guitars and drums from the Machina sessions and vocals and bass from the July 2000 sessions.

Lyrics

it's in blood
i suppose
breaking jars
i'm no good
as the prodigal son

and i know that you're mesmerized
you had a vision, made these laws
and sanitized, are we above desires
i miss him so

you are so fucked
it has begun
revolution crawls
all over you
i was listening

you light up the sky
and scrape out your skull
your lovely face
will never be claimed thrice

and we're so unlikely to
upon my wrists i bear the cross
my losses mount as i climb across the home
of my own soul

i'll claim my prize
i don't exist
i am divine
a ghost with eyes

[billy: yeah, vietnam.]
[james: you headin' to vietnam?]
[unknown: yes, i need to be at the co-op.]
[unknown: thanks dude.]
[jimmy: i'm jungle-drummed out, man.]

Availability

Title	Notes	Type
Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music	EP two (CR-02)	Studio
Rotten Apples		Compilation
Rarities and B-Sides		Compilation
If All Goes Wrong	The Fillmore Residency	Video

Tour stats

• Total plays: 41 plays (38 full, 2 tease, 1 abandoned, 5 soundcheck)
• First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-10-01 at Le Dôme de Marseille, Marseilles, FR (soundcheck)
• First full performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2007-05-24 at Den Atelier, Luxembourg City, LU
• Last performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2010-07-27 at Metro, Chicago, IL, US (tease)
• Last full performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2007-11-18 at The Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX, US

External links

• "Lucky 13" at SPFC