I?m what you?d call a bettin? man
And I live from pay to pay
I?m a high card stud of mongrel blood
And a zero on the day
Well I?m no sage nor soothsayer
nor arbiter of truth
I?m high on risk and low on temper
And long in the tooth
I?m wide awake on the losing end of it
Better check my pride and take it on the chin
With a Whistle and a Grin
With a Whistle and a Grin
Interlude 1
verse 2
A buxom belle with a surefire tell
Was barking up my tree
I couldn?t take her money
She was making eyes at me
Oh so fine with a low neck line
Reckless fast and loose
She giggled as she drew me in
And tightened up the noose,
yeah she tightened up the noose
I?m wide awake on the losing end of it
Better check my pride and take it on the chin
With a Whistle and a Grin
With a Whistle and a Grin
Interlude 2
(This is essentially the same as Interlude 1, only with key changed to A and
in the end going back to D.)
I used the brain between my legs
Threw in the kitchen sink
That painted up bamboozler
left me staring in my drink
To plumb the depths inside my head
but I can't seem to find
The morale of the story
or a little piece of mind
Just a little piece of mind
I?m wide awake on the losing end of it
Better check my pride and take it on the chin
With a Whistle and a Grin
With a Whistle and a Grin
With a Whistle and a Grin
With a Whistle and a Grin
Outro
(same as Interlude 1, except the ending)