Don't Place Your Bets on Me Songtext
von Mike Maimone

I light another cigarette
Just to watch the smoke as it floats away
It′s takin' your words with it
I′m not listening to a thing you say

So don't place your bets on me
I'll lose it again

It creeps up from my stomach like 11 whiskey sours
With the greasy eggs at 4 a.m. we hungrily devoured
I′m just your bloody mary, my love′s your hair of the dog
But my kiss is temporary, your head'll pound when I′m gone

So don't place your bets on me
I′ll lose it again (I'll lose it again)
I′m laying my cards down
I'm cashin' it in (I′m cashin′ it in)
Don't place your bets on me
I′ll lose it again (I'll lose it again)
And take what′s left for me to go
Through it again and again (go through it again)


The afternoon it grumbles in and punches the clock
And I shuffle to the kitchen, too hung over to walk
I get the shakes over coffee just thinkin' of you
And on an afternoon like this I wonder who′s using who

Your love it comes and goes
It's got me feelin' old, got me feelin′ sick
Like waiting with a plastic bag
Wishin′ my dog would hurry up and take a shit

I pick it up every time
And I respect myself a little less
Wonderin' how long it′ll be
'Til I′m into everybody else's mess

So don′t place your bets on me
I'll lose it again (I'll lose it again)
I′m laying my cards down
I′m cashin' it in (I′m cashin' it in)
Don′t place your bets on me
I'll lose it again (I′ll lose it again)
And take what's left for me to go
Through it again and again (go through it again)