It doesn't start it just begins
With a gun and a liquor store
Like every thief I know I can't win
Just don't know when or where
I pulled a job in Tennessee
A little bank with a big score
Shot a guy who didn't believe, he never had a prayer
If I get caught, I don't mind
I stole the money, nearly lost my mind
I can't take back the things I did
You can play the game but you can't win
Me and my wife, Barbara Jean went on a spree in Nevada
Man she could drive, she could go like the breeze
She got us outta there
Headed south to New Orleans, she couldn't live like an outlaw
Said goodbye on a tropical beach, sun in her pretty hair
If I get caught, I don't mind
I stole the money, nearly lost my mind
I can't take back the things I did
You can play the game but you can't win
Instrumental (like a verse)
Prisons are built with stones of law
Brothels with bricks of religion
I've been in both and I know that I saw
God answer a sinner's prayers
We played a game we couldn't win to the end to the utmost
We took a chance, threw caution to the wind,
We simply didn't care
If I get caught, I don't mind
I stole the money, nearly lost my mind
I can't take back the things I did
You can play the game but you can't win
You can play the game but you can't win