Life is a drag. Life is a chore.
Frightfully sad – so mindless a bore
Mice in a bag – you fight and you gnaw
For the right just to brag in the line for the door
And the higher your score the louder you bicker
Life gave you lemons? Good heavens, you’re bitter.
And whatever you get to collect – well that head interjects
With incessant effect– ‘could be bigger!’
Here comes the next utter wreck - what the heck? Cut the deck.
When left unchecked, cuts a check, bust, the rest rubberneck
But expect still to end up a winner
If you’re ever in the dumps or feeling stuck in a rut
You simply haven’t had the fun of watching number go up
You know it’s wonderful stuff – let the hundreds runneth over your cup
It’s such a buzz to watch the number go up
You must be pretty dumb for thinking some is enough
When you can add another one and make the number go up
Until you run out of luck – And find your funds are down to nothing but fluff
No runners up in making number go up
That day-to-day is unbearably dry
Makes sense to chase that numerical high
Be it a salary, calories, boxes on ballot sheets
Are you feeling alive? With catharsis or pride?
Maybe father has cried? Have you asked yourself why?
To blast through a ceiling might pass for appealing
But chance is you’re leaving with plaster in eyes
And the faster the rise – the harder the fall
Infinite Jesters still get curtain calls
My god, it’s Historic, Meteoric, Alas my poor Yorick
He held his head high through it all
If you’re ever in the dumps or feeling stuck in a rut
You simply haven’t had the fun of watching number go up
If your budget is bust – you gotta trust the funds are gonna erupt
You’ve got to lust for making numbers go up
You must be pretty dumb for thinking some is enough
When you can add another one and make the number go up
But all the lustre can rust – Sweep your dreams into a dustpan and brush
Another shmuck to make the numbers go up
Shoot like a star or fold like a quitter
Somebody once told me about all that glitters
Now you might dream of queens, straight flush with the green
But get jack when you’re sold down the river
You might find you’re an ace or just bluff from the start
You a handful of lovely cards
The world’s at the table, it’s prudent to play
To err, says the fable, is human, but hey
Watch your stack, for the fact is that affluence turning to crap
Is one little vowel movement away
Those rags to riches you got from that tip-off
Just tacking stitches to viciously rip off
Bet on a dream and it seems it might tear at the seams
Why’d you think so much poker is strip off?
Now let’s see who’s next in line to proclaim
They can be king just by making it reign
A million monarchs competing for dwindling court seating
All blind to how fleeting their fame
The ante is up and the cards are face down
Sadly it can’t be the other way around
But the biggest of figures won’t impress the digger
When picking your hole in the ground
If you’re ever in the dumps or feeling stuck in a rut
You simply haven’t had the fun of watching number go up
Oh, It's a punch in the nuts
Stuck in a puddle with the wrong kind of flush
Get off your butt and make the number go up
You must be pretty dumb for thinking some is enough
When you can add another one and make the number go up
Until it crumbles to dust – another puppet for the vultures to pluck
Outta’ luck – making number go up
Yeah we’d really like to make another couple of bucks
So won’t you play the song again and make the number go up?
[00:04.713]Life is a drag. Life is a chore.
[00:07.092]Frightfully sad – so mindless a bore
[00:09.662]Mice in a bag – you fight and you gnaw
[00:12.211]For the right just to brag in the line for the door
[00:14.825]And the higher your score the louder you bicker
[00:17.490]Life gave you lemons? Good heavens, you’re bitter.
[00:20.016]And whatever you get to collect – well that head interjects
[00:23.069]With incessant effect– ‘could be bigger!’
[00:25.526]Here comes the next utter wreck - what the heck? Cut the deck.
[00:30.586]When left unchecked, cuts a check, bust, the rest rubberneck
[00:33.590]But expect still to end up a winner
[00:35.372]
[00:36.535]If you’re ever in the dumps or feeling stuck in a rut
[00:38.809]You simply haven’t had the fun of watching number go up
[00:41.401]You know it’s wonderful stuff – let the hundreds runneth over your cup
[00:44.579]It’s such a buzz to watch the number go up
[00:46.882]You must be pretty dumb for thinking some is enough
[00:49.293]When you can add another one and make the number go up
[00:51.912]Until you run out of luck – And find your funds are down to nothing but fluff
[00:55.038]No runners up in making number go up
[00:56.636]
[00:59.608]That day-to-day is unbearably dry
[01:01.971]Makes sense to chase that numerical high
[01:04.479]Be it a salary, calories, boxes on ballot sheets
[01:09.695]Are you feeling alive? With catharsis or pride?
[01:12.123]Maybe father has cried? Have you asked yourself why?
[01:14.722]To blast through a ceiling might pass for appealing
[01:17.505]But chance is you’re leaving with plaster in eyes
[01:20.083]And the faster the rise – the harder the fall
[01:22.594]Infinite Jesters still get curtain calls
[01:25.255]My god, it’s Historic, Meteoric, Alas my poor Yorick
[01:28.641]He held his head high through it all
[01:30.333]
[01:30.926]If you’re ever in the dumps or feeling stuck in a rut
[01:33.599]You simply haven’t had the fun of watching number go up
[01:36.230]If your budget is bust – you gotta trust the funds are gonna erupt
[01:39.389]You’ve got to lust for making numbers go up
[01:41.594]You must be pretty dumb for thinking some is enough
[01:44.017]When you can add another one and make the number go up
[01:46.631]But all the lustre can rust – Sweep your dreams into a dustpan and brush
[01:49.776]Another shmuck to make the numbers go up
[01:51.741]
[01:54.262]Shoot like a star or fold like a quitter
[01:56.655]Somebody once told me about all that glitters
[01:59.411]Now you might dream of queens, straight flush with the green
[02:02.339]But get jack when you’re sold down the river
[02:04.779]You might find you’re an ace or just bluff from the start
[02:12.804]You a handful of lovely cards
[02:15.018]The world’s at the table, it’s prudent to play
[02:17.395]To err, says the fable, is human, but hey
[02:20.053]Watch your stack, for the fact is that affluence turning to crap
[02:23.147]Is one little vowel movement away
[02:25.266]
[02:37.030]Those rags to riches you got from that tip-off
[02:39.772]Just tacking stitches to viciously rip off
[02:42.426]Bet on a dream and it seems it might tear at the seams
[02:45.165]Why’d you think so much poker is strip off?
[02:47.711]Now let’s see who’s next in line to proclaim
[02:50.120]They can be king just by making it reign
[02:52.696]A million monarchs competing for dwindling court seating
[02:55.757]All blind to how fleeting their fame
[02:57.975]The ante is up and the cards are face down
[03:00.443]Sadly it can’t be the other way around
[03:03.052]But the biggest of figures won’t impress the digger
[03:06.346]When picking your hole in the ground
[03:08.186]
[03:10.491]If you’re ever in the dumps or feeling stuck in a rut
[03:12.338]You simply haven’t had the fun of watching number go up
[03:15.170]Oh, It's a punch in the nuts
[03:16.632]Stuck in a puddle with the wrong kind of flush
[03:18.486]Get off your butt and make the number go up
[03:20.621]You must be pretty dumb for thinking some is enough
[03:23.076]When you can add another one and make the number go up
[03:25.641]Until it crumbles to dust – another puppet for the vultures to pluck
[03:28.989]Outta’ luck – making number go up
[03:30.833]
[03:31.309]Yeah we’d really like to make another couple of bucks
[03:33.470]So won’t you play the song again and make the number go up?