Numbers Game
The screen doors torn, the sky is gray
Four dirty little feet, two more on the way
Rock bottom baby, that's you and me
Rent's past due, we got 65 dollars
We head downtown to see Carlotta
Sometimes I wish I was a tree
Oh it's a number's game
We start out high, you get low down
There's broken hearts all over this town
Oh it's a number's game
I was homecoming queen back in '96
But I stuck around town, mama got sick
By the time she checked out I was all alone
Growing up poor means growing quick
And You meet a lot of folks on the double shift
Lined up at the clinic waiting on their methadone
Oh it's a number's game
We start out high, you get low down
There's broken hearts all over this town
Oh it's a number's game
Don't tell me to hold on
That it's brightest before the dawn
Like counting drops of falling rain
Oh it's a number's game
The sky is black, my feet are wrecked
I smoked one last cigereette out on the steps
The kids are sleeping in a bed they've long outgrown
I walked by the kitchen to say goodnight
And I see your empty face in the TV light
I love you baby more than you could ever know
Oh it's a number's game
We start out high, you get low down
There's broken hearts all over this town
Oh it's a number's game
Four dirty little feet, two more on the way
Rock bottom baby, that's you and me
Rent's past due, we got 65 dollars
We head downtown to see Carlotta
Sometimes I wish I was a tree
Oh it's a number's game
We start out high, you get low down
There's broken hearts all over this town
Oh it's a number's game
I was homecoming queen back in '96
But I stuck around town, mama got sick
By the time she checked out I was all alone
Growing up poor means growing quick
And You meet a lot of folks on the double shift
Lined up at the clinic waiting on their methadone
Oh it's a number's game
We start out high, you get low down
There's broken hearts all over this town
Oh it's a number's game
Don't tell me to hold on
That it's brightest before the dawn
Like counting drops of falling rain
Oh it's a number's game
The sky is black, my feet are wrecked
I smoked one last cigereette out on the steps
The kids are sleeping in a bed they've long outgrown
I walked by the kitchen to say goodnight
And I see your empty face in the TV light
I love you baby more than you could ever know
Oh it's a number's game
We start out high, you get low down
There's broken hearts all over this town
Oh it's a number's game
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Writer(s): Ben De La Cour, Lynne Hanson
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