Song Description
Cool big-band number warning of imminent danger if you keep playing those nasty cards.
| Song Length |
5:02 |
Genre |
Jazz - Big Band, Jazz - Swing |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Worried |
Subject |
Gambling |
| Similar Artists |
Ella Fitzgerald, Anita Baker |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
Hey- Hot hand...Got a little green to spare
Feels like the table?s going your way
And you think you?re gonna play that pair
Oh - Caution...Better take another glance
Seems the stakes are much too high
Just to blow it on a game of chance
Drinkin? hard, eatin? light, sleepin? days and playin? nights
Do you do, what you can, stayin? with your master plan
Trust in luck, saving grace, hoping that it falls in place
Listen up, hear my voice, better think hard before you make that choice
TAKE IT BACK...TAKE IT BACK..TAKE IT BACK..before disaster comes
TAKE IT BACK...TAKE IT BACK..TAKE IT BACK...before the dealing?s done
Who?s gonna put your house in order? Who?s gonna save your day?
--- mmm, maybe somebody else baby---not me---that?s for sure ---
Hey - Cool hand...Don?t you think it?s kinda strange
Paint yourself into a nasty corner
Knowin? that your luck can change
Oh - Bad jam...Why you want to risk it all?
Build yourself a house of cards knowin?
Pretty soon it has to fall
Love the risk, live for thrills, just so long as you pay your bills
Playin? loose, actin? rash, what the hell it?s only cash
Pick a card, place a bet, better pray for what you get
One more round, make your score, maybe go from rich to poor
TAKE IT BACK...TAKE IT BACK..TAKE IT BACK...before the trouble hits
TAKE IT BACK...TAKE IT BACK..TAKE IT BACK...before you lose your wits
Strike when the deck is stacked against you...Who?s gonna play your game?
-- I dunno man, you?re makin? me real nervous --- check this out ---
(solos)
Ante?s up, chips are down, cards are drawn and faces frown
Maybe king, maybe queen, maybe somethin? in between
Do you know, who you?d hurt, if by chance you lost your shirt
Maybe lose, maybe win, maybe you should save your skin
TAKE IT BACK...TAKE IT BACK..TAKE IT BACK...before your luck runs out
TAKE IT BACK...TAKE IT BACK..TAKE IT BACK... before you?re left without
Time?s workin? hard to bet against you...when will you understand?
--- I?m tellin? you, this is some serious stuff here --- very serious ---