Checkers & Chess Songtext
von Billy Joe Shaver

I′m playing checkers while they're playing chess
They make the big moves and make me a little less
Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best
I′m still playing checkers while they're playing chess
I learned all the rules to their game
Fancy the way I play 'em when I lose ′em just the same
Nothing′s fair in this world of blind chance
A rich man steals the money, the poor man takes the blame
I'm playing checkers while they′re playing chess
They make the big moves and make me a little less
Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best I'm still playing checkers while they′re playing chess
The day we're born, we′re all bow so
Some cut from the cloth straight from the king's robe
The rest of us can't even be pawns
But we wear soldiers′ uniforms, to die for their cause
I′m playing checkers while they're playing chess
They make the big moves and make me a little less
Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best
I′m still playing checkers while they're playing chess
I′m still playing checkers while they're playing chess