The backroom boys are playin' real hard

There's a lot of money rollin' on the next card

Some are goin' up some are goin' down

Some'll never make it to the next round



Stone me it don't 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

Gettin' meaner with the dealer--'cause he can't lose

Someone shouts out¡±it's a goddamn shame¡±

The dealer's gettin' meaner with the cocaine



*stone me it don't come free

Gotta be a winner

If you wanna be a backroom boy

Can't stay home get uptown

Get your ear to the ground

If you wanna be a backroom boy



** up all nightplayin' it right

Backroom boys

Look in your eyenever say die

Backroom boys



** the backroom boys are all the same

Even take your money when they play games

Take you when you're upkick you when you're down

You'll always be a loser in their town



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(written and arranged by nazareth)

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