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The wheel

from Mr Boxall by Oddlyvalid

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'Place your bets ...'

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Charlie the crab ran a five K tab
so he's keeping out of sight
he knows he can't pay so he sleeps all day
and only comes out at night

he plays B3 in a fleapit cellar
doing it all for tips
ten days, two hours and fifteen seconds
since a drop has passed his lips

at three o'clock he's gonna take a walk
go straight to the gambling hall
take a place at the table with the roulette wheel,
put his trust in the tumbling ball

see him arrange a handful of change
and put it on thirteen black
say a short prayer to god-only-knows,
he's gotta win his money back

place your bets
no lucky numbers, that's the deal

you bet
when the chips are down
the only thing left to do is spin the wheel

Harry was flash he had plenty of cash
but he never seemed to have enough
he passed Long Tall Sally at Good Time Alley
making a profession of love

she said 'I got a proposition, come and try a new position,
one you've never seen before'
But Harry's kind of rouge is marked on the table
and he's always coming back for more

place your bets
no lucky numbers, that's the deal

you bet
when the chips are down
the only thing left to do is …
...spin the wheel


© David Lloyd 2009

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from Mr Boxall, released October 26, 2014
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Dave Potter - vocal
David Lloyd - guitar, backing vocal
Andy Coombe - Hammond organ, backing vocal
Max Drake - bass, backing vocal
Gary Stannard - drums, percussion

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Born in south London one lunchtime, two became five, then four, then two, sometimes three.

Now we are four again, one in each corner. As odd and as valid as we ever were.

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