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Roulette

Bruce Springsteen

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Roulette

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We left the toys out in the yardI took my wife and kids and left my home unguardedWe packed what we could into the carNo one here knows how it startedBut suddenly everything was just so out of controlNow I want some answers, mister, I need to knowI hear all the talk but I don't know what you're sayin'But I think I got a good idea of the game that you're playin'Roulette, that's the name nowRoulette, that's the game nowRoulette, I don't believe what they're sayin'Roulette, and everybody's playin'I grew up here on this street where nothin' moves, just a strange breezeIn a town full of worthless memories there's a shadow in my backyardI've got a house full of things that I can't touchWell all those things they won't do me much good nowI was a fireman out at Riker's, I did my jobMister, I've been cheated, I feel like I've been robbedI'm the big expendable, my life's just canceled, null and voidBut what are you gonna do about your new boyRoulette, you're playin' with my lifeRoulette, with my kids and my wifeRoulette, every day the stakes get biggerRoulette, a different finger on the triggerDown by the river that talks the night speaks in searchlightsAnd shortwave radio squawk, the police patrol the streetsBut I've left behind the man I used to be, everything he believed in and all that belonged to meI tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought it'd be safeThey stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstateThey put me in detention but I broke loose and then I ranThey said they want to ask me a few questions but I think they had other plansNow I don't know who to trust and I don't know what I can believeThey say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayin'I think those guys just wanna keep on playin'Roulette, with my lifeRoulette, with my kids and my wifeRoulette, the bullet's in the chamberRoulette, who's the unlucky strangerRoulette, surprise, you're deadRoulette, the gun's to your headRoulette, the bullet's spinning in the chamberRoulette, pull the trigger, feel the clickNo further danger
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