Roll the Bones (Audiotree Live Version) - Shakey Graves

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 So 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, boy 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 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 Because we're here

And when I think Of everything that we did together Somewhere in Verona The sunset over our time together Thinking it over So young and sentimental Our hearts so gentle Such a shame we had to drift apart Oh, but I can't help just wonder To be lost forever I watch the sunset And somethings telling me that I gotta get up and chase it Ahlalala... Ba, nanana... Day of transit The gentle weight of your head on my shoulder I wake you with the last stop Your sleepy eyes in the gloomy weather Raining in Florence Your cold hands in the wet hair While we're cursing Cheap umbrellas trying to get home Now we're written in history We closed the book we opened up There will always be a place in my heart But baby can't you see we were meant to fall apart We gave it up Who would have thought love wasn't enough In the end we say Bye my love guess I'll see you some day

Black top shine Like an oil slick in the night Got a new life waitin' out West It's gonna fit me right No bill collector on the telephone Nothin' but me and the open road You know the devil may care But I'm never comin' home Leaving it all behind me in the city Now it's wall to wall stars shining in my eyes I got no bill collector on the telephone Nothin' but me and the open road You know the devil may care But I'm never comin' home No bill collector on the telephone Nothin' but me and the open road You know the devil may care But I'm never comin' home In the city lights I can't relate I need outer space in interstate I got no bill collector on the telephone Nothin' but me and the open road Don't you know the devil may care? But I'm never comin' home Comin' home Comin' home Comin' home

Do you really believe that you can never be sure? They're leaving bodies in stairwells Washing up on the shore Do you really expect us to care what you're waiting for? When you're high in your castle Keeping an eye on the door The door, the door If I only see what I can see I know it isn't there And if only need what I can keep I know it isn't fair Oh, baby You can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing Oh, I will stop at nothing And you can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing No, I will stop at nothing now Do you really believe that you are one of a kind? If you don't have a heart I can offer you mine Do you really expect that you will always be fine? When you're high on your throne and Never toeing the line, the line, the line If I only see what I can see I know it isn't there And if only need what I can keep I know it isn't fair Oh, baby You can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing Oh, I will stop at nothing And you can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing No, I will stop at nothing now Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done Oh, baby You can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing Oh, I will stop at nothing And you can look away While they're dancing on our graves But I will stop at nothing No, I will stop at nothing now Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away Lookin' away, you're lookin' away From all that we've done

This heart of mine Keeps decent time Though my ears may be weak And my eyes may be all but blind I still have sense enough to fear That I'm not much without you near I've paid my dues Loved one or two But still it keeps boiling down to you So choose to be my victory or vice Either way, I still want you here tonight Heaven knows it's hard to find another Oh, hell knows it's got a home for folks like me There will come a day (there will come a day) When the Earth will cease to spin (Earth will cease to spin) You'll hold me close and say (hold me close and say) "My god, where have you been?" I've been around Old Chinatown Happily lost But oh, so easily found Yeah, counting the stars above the hill Beneath some old moon Humming my tune I'll see you soon