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Roulette
I mentioned another song that I was working on the other day, a song which had gotten cruelly shoved out of the way by another song that was good and ready to be written right now. Well, that song made its way back to the top of my desk and got me to finish it, so here it is now.
I hope you like it!
Words and Music: Bill Roper
Copyright 2024
Roulette
I’ve summoned up a wheel of chance
To take us searching for romance.
Each pocket is another world locked up in red and black.
Drop the ball and watch it spin,
Unlocking realms that lie within,
But only for a visit and we’re never going back.
(Chorus)
Let’s go and take a journey to the far side of what’s real.
We’re gonna drop the marble in, we’re gonna spin the wheel
And where it lands, we’re gonna go and see what is in store
Until it’s time to go and spin the roulette wheel once more.
Once more.
We’re off to where the rockets fly
To carry us beyond the sky,
To see a blue-green marble while we’re walking on the moon.
Sending ships to outer space
To new homes for the human race.
You know we’d like to stay there but we have to leave too soon.
There’s mystery in a dragon’s eye.
Watch them soaring through the sky.
Predator or partner on this world on which we stand?
Drop the ball and place your bet.
Your gambling hasn’t killed you yet.
Sound the horn and see if they respond to your command.
(Bridge)
We bought a one-way ticket and there’s no way to return.
We’ll just keep moving forward and we’ll hope that we won’t burn.
All the worlds we might imagine in an endless stream.
The wheel is our reality and home is just a dream.
Worlds of ice and worlds of fire.
Worlds unlocking mad desire.
Worlds as soft as feather down and worlds as hard as steel.
Sliding sidewise lost forever,
Prisoners of a spell so clever.
Everything we might desire and none of it is real.
I hope you like it!
Words and Music: Bill Roper
Copyright 2024
Roulette
I’ve summoned up a wheel of chance
To take us searching for romance.
Each pocket is another world locked up in red and black.
Drop the ball and watch it spin,
Unlocking realms that lie within,
But only for a visit and we’re never going back.
(Chorus)
Let’s go and take a journey to the far side of what’s real.
We’re gonna drop the marble in, we’re gonna spin the wheel
And where it lands, we’re gonna go and see what is in store
Until it’s time to go and spin the roulette wheel once more.
Once more.
We’re off to where the rockets fly
To carry us beyond the sky,
To see a blue-green marble while we’re walking on the moon.
Sending ships to outer space
To new homes for the human race.
You know we’d like to stay there but we have to leave too soon.
There’s mystery in a dragon’s eye.
Watch them soaring through the sky.
Predator or partner on this world on which we stand?
Drop the ball and place your bet.
Your gambling hasn’t killed you yet.
Sound the horn and see if they respond to your command.
(Bridge)
We bought a one-way ticket and there’s no way to return.
We’ll just keep moving forward and we’ll hope that we won’t burn.
All the worlds we might imagine in an endless stream.
The wheel is our reality and home is just a dream.
Worlds of ice and worlds of fire.
Worlds unlocking mad desire.
Worlds as soft as feather down and worlds as hard as steel.
Sliding sidewise lost forever,
Prisoners of a spell so clever.
Everything we might desire and none of it is real.