From the recording Hybrid - LP6
A song about the destructive effects of a gambling addiction
Lyrics
Sunlight floods into the room
Start of a new uncertain day
Wake slowly, heavy penitent head
It’s too much. Cannot ever repay
No one put me under duress
My own unthinking decision
Can’t control what comes next
Locked in my addictive prison
Thought of winning much too great
An elixir. Panacea for an inebriate
Can’t resist the junkie-like rush
The final risk, the ultimate push
I know that the gambler’s fallacy
Is only an optimistic fantasy
Cause of this difficult situation
Sinking, inevitable disintegration
Forgot the proverbs from my youth
Which tell a compelling eternal truth
Should have taken their simple advice
To avoid paying such a high price
Managed to lose more than everything
Money, house, car, your diamond ring
When all was gone I couldn’t stop
Had to win it all back. Get on top.
A fool and his money are soon parted
Clearly that train has long departed
They say all that glitters is not gold.
Why can’t I listen or be told?
Take care and look before you leap.
Too late. Have jumped in far too deep.
Fools rush where angels fear to tread
Better if I’d stayed in bed
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
But I can’t give up this adrenaline rush
What is clear. The problem is me.
I have spent far too long barking
Barking at the wrong tree
Barking up the wrong tree
Barking up the wrong tree
Wrong tree
Wrong tree
Save me
Save me