2025 Competition Entry:

The Gambler by Passionfix

Genre

Rock

Artist

Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Dave Kelly – Guitars – Keys
Kelly Secret – Vocals
Mike Kearney – Bass
Simon Harris – Drums

Description

A song about the scars life inflicts on everyone, and how money isn’t always the answer to everything

Bio

Passionfix is a Baltimore Maryland based band who has recorded 13 albums since the 1980’s.

Lyrics

With a shoe string of lace
I’m tied to the ground
Are my wings failing me?
On the upside of down

And the air is wounded
Cracked from the blow
Deeper inside

And the night plays it’s bow
Then carries it home
To hide from the light

On a kite far above
The tallest tree
Am I tethered by thread
Am I waiting for me

And a cross down below
In a circle of chimes
Struggles to breathe

And the dream lost it’s mind
All within time
Swallowed by greed

And the gambler he cried
Then waved at the moon
All dressed in black tie

And the howling wind saw
A wayward balloon
That fell from the sky

And a storm tears it down
But the cloud went away
And I pass by the edge
The gambler he stayed

And a magic man near
Promised us gold
But only brought flame

Though he gave gold to you
I gave mine away
And others did the same

And the gambler he cried
Then waved at the moon
All dressed in black tie

And the howling wind saw
A wayward balloon
That fell from the sky

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