What a great song - anti war yes, but we need to really choose what conflicts we get involved with ... Man that brings back memories ...
IIRC, Greg Lake came up with the lyrics for “Lucky Man” as a young kid - 5th grade or something.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3661
Hey - I found the above link with lots of details on the song. Greg had the lyrics and basic chords at 12 years old. They were short a few minutes for a full album and Greg says “um - well there is a song I have” and he played it. It was dreadful with his singing and the four chords. Emerson said “I’m going to the pub.”
Lake and Palmer kept messing and adding to it, overlaying bass, electric, etc. and it started sounding good. Emerson comes back and says “Hey - this is good. I suppose I should play on it?” It was pretty much done, but he had just received a MOOG synth to try out, so they added that at the end.