Place Your Bets

Stone cold sober in the doctor's chair

Something's up, I'm sure I shouldn't be there

I sniff the gas, get ready to run when the clock strikes one

Trip switch gone, all the lights are down

And I'm swimming around in a blacked-out town

All I hear is the casino MC saying

Ladies and gentlemen... please...

Place your bets, 'cos its time, time, time

Put a penny on the table when the music stops

And let's laugh a while

I'm the paper-hat king of all I survey

The young girls smoke a cigarette path to the dancefloor

They love that funky music

I'm taking my orders from no-man's-land

Whistling dixie with a game in hand

Did everybody bring their dice?

Well, that's nice

Place your bets, 'cos its time, time, time

Put a penny on the table when the music stops

And let's laugh a while

Well, its twilight bells for the chosen few

Flipping up a jack for a 22

The MC's booked his holiday

And he's starting to sing

With a Singapore Sling in the glove compartment

And a list of things to do before the final call

"Thank you ladies and gentlemen, I love you all"

Place your bets, 'cos its time, time, time

Put a penny on the table when the music stops

And let's laugh a while