Nazareth

Backroom Boys

The backroom boys are playinЎЇ real hard
ThereЎЇs a lot of money rollinЎЇ on the next card
Some are goinЎЇ up some are goinЎЇ down
SomeЎЇll never make it to the next round

Stone me it donЎЇt come free
You gotta be a winner
If you wanna be a backroom boy

They got--a room full of women
A table full of booze
GettinЎЇ meaner with the dealer--ЎЇcause he canЎЇt lose
Someone shouts out,Ў±itЎЇs a goddamn shameЎ±
The dealerЎЇs gettinЎЇ meaner with the cocaine

*Stone me it donЎЇt come free
Gotta be a winner
If you wanna be a backroom boy
CanЎЇt stay home get uptown
Get your ear to the ground
If you wanna be a backroom boy

** Up all night, playinЎЇ it right
Backroom boys
Look in your eye, never say die
Backroom boys

** The backroom boys are all the same
Even take your money when they play games
Take you when youЎЇre up, kick you when youЎЇre down
YouЎЇll always be a loser in their town

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