High Stakes - Lyric Critique

by ryan carroll
(Hazlet, Nj 07730)

What would you do when life stakes the odds against you, how far would you go for yourself and the one you love? This song answers it.

High Stakes
Key of C
Capo 3

My baby darling, I wanna provide for you

and give you everything you always wanted

Times are tougher now then ever before, sometimes it

feels like we're stranded all alone

But I got this job going down, on the wrong side of town

the kind of job that seems its suited for me

It can wipe our problems clean, I hope you can see

Got my chips at my side, a cold drink in my hand

Ready to take a chance all over again

Im so desperate to do whatever it takes,

Tonight Im just playing high stakes

Break-

Tonight I got my ticket taking me way out of bounds, across the county state line

Going to do what I have to do, hoping that I'll find

Jobs like these leave me with blood on my hands

Stained so deep that can never come off

I sit on the floor with my head hung low

Praying to God to forgive me, but he always says no

Tonight its gonna change, I got it all planned

Got my chips at my side, a cold drink in my hand

Ready to take a chance all over again

Im so desperate to do whatever it takes,
Tonight Im just playing high stakes

Break-


Well when you do what I do for too damn long

There isn't much soul left from me to salvage that can

ever go wrong

But is that enough for you, is that really enough for you

Now I have no armor left, you've stripped it all from me

Whatever I am, whatever I can be

Whatever is left of me, Im yours

I played this game and barley came out

I lost all the chips, finished the drink in my hand

And took the chance, and never have to do it again

I once was desperate and did whatever it took

And played the high stakes, until the tale shook