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Backstory:

Walking through a casino you sometimes wonder how long some folks have been sitting there, and what they've lost.  The odds are not in their favor, and it can become a way of life.  Lyrics by Clare Steffen and music by William Sherry.

Lyrics:

                                                  
V1

Going to the casino

Hopin’ to win me a prize 

Slots, roulette, or Keno

Either way, I get high



V2

All around I see blank eyes

Staring deep into a glass

Of liquid courage that glorifies

A way out of the working class



Chorus

Lost in smoked-filled rooms

Playing games from wall to wall

The smell of stale perfume

Trying to cover their shortfalls

Climbing deeper into the tombs

As they do the pub crawl



V3

The hours slip away

As night turns into day

Nerves begin to fray

As they see they have no gain



V4

Denial, can run deep

They hit the vein of fool’s gold 

But they’ll return and leap

When the next wager takes hold



Chorus

Lost in smoked-filled rooms

Playing games from wall to wall

The smell of stale perfume

Trying to cover their shortfalls

Climbing deeper into the tombs

As they do the pub crawl




Fade

The casino pub crawl

Throwing bad money after good

Cashing after fools' gold

It’s all up in smoke