Spin Of The Wheel

Life is a battle I'm constantly losing

And lately the wine does not hide the truth

I can't find a thing to find faintly amusing

The spark in my soul disappeared with my youth

It's hard to believe somewhere music is playing

And lovers are sailing across pink fog seas

Inside of this body a spirit's decaying

I cannot take many more moments like these

Life's a spin of the wheel, it's the luck of the draw

Some marry a princess, some marry a whore

Some catch the limelight and waltz through each door

Some leave the gutter only to climb to the floor

When you're a farm boy, you long for the city

Where nothing's too wild or too sinful to try

At first those theatrical types are so witty

But they're all too thin and they're too quick to cry

It's hard to believe somewhere bluebirds are flying

And somewhere a circus is coming to town

There's more to this life than just living and dying

Some die each day till that curtain comes down

Life's a spin of the wheel, it's the roll of the dice

Some feast at the banquet, some won't taste a slice

Some dance forever in pink paradise

Some stand on corners dealing in dreams for a price

It's the spin of a wheel

Just the luck of a draw

The roll of the dice

That's all, nothing more

Life's a spin of the wheel, that is all it's about

You splash in the fountain or die in the drought

Life is a gamble that's riddled with doubt

I'm sick of playing, from now on please deal me out

For God's sake, please deal me out