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Play Within Your Limit

To all the folk still wearing That choke-chain gambler's collar Who try to play within their limits But bet their bottom dollar To the disappointed hopeful With his head held in his hands You heard jackpot sounds that shook the ground Yeah you were lied to man To the woman and her duffle bag With plans to beat the house They are going to hypnotize you Its a trap sweetheart, get out! To fortunes few who make the news With a big old giant cheque Don't let them take your picture You are bait to catch the rest They don't show that man who lost his home Free falling to his death They don't tell you how that woman Fit a rope around her neck And they say they want the players That will bet within their limit But the house was built up brick by brick By all the ones who didn't

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 8/7/2016 7:21:00 AM
- Do not bite on the hook - Great written, Kyle :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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