Bruce Springsteen - Roulette Lyrics
We left the toys out in the yardI took my wife and kids and left my home unguardedWe packed what we could into the carNo one here knows how it startedBut suddenly everything was just so out of controlNow I want some answers, mister, I need to knowI hear all the talk but I dont know what youre sayinBut I think I got a good idea of the game that youre playinRoulette, thats the name nowRoulette, thats the game nowRoulette, I dont believe what theyre sayinRoulette, and everybodys playinI grew up here on this street where nothin moves, just a strange breezeIn a town full of worthless memories theres a shadow in my backyardIve got a house full of things that I cant touchWell all those things they wont do me much good nowI was a fireman out at rikers, I did my jobMister, Ive been cheated, I feel like Ive been robbedIm the big expendable, my lifes just canceled, null and voidBut what are you gonna do about your new boyRoulette, youre playin with my lifeRoulette, with my kids and my wifeRoulette, every day the stakes get biggerRoulette, a different finger on the triggerDown by the river that talks the night speaks in searchlightsAnd shortwave radio squawk, the police patrol the streetsBut Ive left behind the man I used to be, everything he believed in and all that belonged to meI tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought itd be safeThey stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstateThey put me in detention but I broke loose and then I ranThey said they want to ask me a few questions but I think they had other plansNow I dont know who to trust and I dont know what I can believeThey say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayinI think those guys just wanna keep on playinRoulette, with my lifeRoulette, with my kids and my wifeRoulette, the bullets in the chamberRoulette, whos the unlucky strangerRoulette, surprise, youre deadRoulette, the guns to your headRoulette, the bullets spinning in the chamberRoulette, pull the trigger, feel the clickNo further danger
