When the Chips Are Down - Ricky Nelson

FATES Life ain't easy, life ain't fair A girl's gotta fight for a rightful share What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down Help yourself, to hell with the rest Even the one who loves you best What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down EURYDICE Oh my aching heart FATES What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down Take if you can, give if you must Ain't nobody but yourself to trust What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down Aim for the heart, shoot to kill If you don't do it then the other one will What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down What you gonna do when the chips are down? Now that the chips are down And the first shall be first And the last shall be last Cast your eyes to heaven You get a knife in the back Nobody's righteous Nobody's proud Nobody's innocent Now that the chips are down Now that the Now that the Now that the Now that the Now that the chips are down

Rules without exceptions last eternally Every move you make creates your destiny I've come to soak my sorrow in halo black As black as the seal on my soul 'Cause when the lights are down there's no more to say Love is the real pain An internal revolution in our minds And when the lights are down you're so far away Tell me your real name In the silence of the darkness we unite (Rules without exceptions last eternally) (Every move you make creates your destiny) What can protect me from the past And all the things that I have done? You told me and then you were gone But when the lights are down there's no more to say Deep in the shadows Where the last of my delusions made a stand 'Cause when the lights are down she'll take me away Tell me her real name And in death we'll live the love we never had Welcome all you faithful beneath the moon Beneath the moon Into the void as one Marching on! 'Cause when the lights are down there's no more to say Love is the real pain An eternal revolution in my mind 'Cause when the lights are down she'll take me away Tell me her real name And in death we'll live the love we never had

Songbird versus Rattlesnake What is it? Eurydice was a hungry young girl Your ticket And Hades gave her a choice to make A ticket to the Underworld

That big eight wheeler rolling down the track Means your true loving daddy ain't coming back 'Cause I'm moving on I'll soon be gone You were flying too high for my little old sky, so I'm moving on That big loud whistle as it blew and blew Said hello to the Southland, we're coming to you And we're moving on, oh, hear my song You had the laugh on me so I've set you free and I'm moving on Mister fireman, won't you please listen to me 'Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee Keep moving me on, keep rolling on So shovel the coal, let this rattle a-roll and keep moving me on Mister engineer, take that throttle in hand This rattler's the fastest in the southern land To keep moving me on, keep rolling on You're gonna ease my mind, put me there on time and keep rolling on I told you, baby, from time to time But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind Now I'm moving on, I'm rolling on You've broken your vow and it's all over now, so I'm moving on You switched your engine, now I ain't got time For a trifling woman on my main line 'Cause I'm moving, you done your daddy wrong I've warned you twice, now you can settle the price 'cause I'm moving on But some day, baby, when you've had your play You're gonna want your daddy, but your daddy will say "Keep moving on, you stayed away too long" I'm through with you, too bad you're blue, keep moving on