Roll the Bones

Well, you can stake that claim

Good work is the key to good fortune

Winners take that praise

Losers seldom take that blame

If they don't take that game

And sometimes the winner takes nothing

We draw our own designs

Fortune has to make that frame

We go out in the world and take our chances

Fate is just the weight of circumstances

That's the way that lady luck dances

Roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why are we here?

Because we're here, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why does it happen?

Because it happens, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Faith is cold as ice

Why are little ones born only to suffer

For the want of immunity or a bowl of rice?

Well, who would hold a price

On the heads of the innocent children

If there's some immortal power to control the dice?

We come into the world and take our chances

Fate is just the weight of circumstances

That's the way that lady luck dances

Roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why are we here?

Because we're here, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why does it happen?

Because it happens, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why are we here?

Because we're here, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why does it happen?

Jack, relax

Get busy with the facts

No zodiacs or almanacs

No maniacs in polyester slacks

Just the facts

Gonna kick some gluteus max

It's a parallax, you dig?

You move around, the small gets big

It's a rig

It's action, reaction

Random interaction

So who's afraid of a little abstraction?

Can't get no satisfaction from the facts?

You better run, homeboy

A fact's a fact from Nome to Rome, boy

What's the deal? Spin the wheel

If the dice are hot, take a shot

Play your cards, show us what you got

What you're holding, if the cards are cold

Don't go folding

Lady Luck is golden

She favors the bold that's cold

Stop throwing stones

The night has a thousand saxophones

So get out there and rock

And roll the bones

Get busy

Roll the bones

Why are we here?

Because we're here, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why does it happen?

Because it happens, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why are we here?

Because we're here, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why does it happen?

Because it happens, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why does it happen?

Because it happens, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why are we here?

Because we're here, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why does it happen?

Because it happens, roll the bones

Roll the bones

Why are we here?

Because we're here, roll the bones

Roll the bones