you burn the ground to hold your position 

you ran away if I came too close 

you kept track of balance and pressure 

all the dreams and desires 

I want some more 



red 

black 

green for the jackpot 



take you down 

I want to take you down 

I want to take you down with me 



we had the motion we had the grace 

we had a sense of time and place 

we wrote the rules we played the game 

and it would never be the same 

it was the beauty while we played 

we played to win but no one did 

we grew old we moved ahead 

from dance hall days for higher stakes 



you spun the wheel to keep my attention 

you danced away if I missed a beat 

you were queen of present and future 

I was king and cavalier 

on our tour de force