You Bet Your Life

Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson



Just another hunter, like a wolf in the sun

Just another junkie on a scoring run

Just another victim of the things he has done

Just another day -- in the life of a loaded gun



The odds get even -- you name the game

The odds get even -- the stakes are the same

You bet your life



Just another winner, pours his life down the drain

Just another island in a hurricane

Just another loser, like a cat in the rain

Just another day -- in the path of a speeding train



The odds get even -- you name the game

The odds get even -- the stakes are the same

You bet your life



Anarchist reactionary running-dog revisionist

Hindu muslim catholic creation/evolutionist

Rational romantic mystic cynical idealist

Minimal expressionist post-modern neo-symbolist



Armchair rocket scientist graffiti existentialist

Deconstruction primitive performance photo-realist

Be-bop or a one-drop or a hip-hop lite-pop-metallist

Gold adult contemporary urban country capitalist



Just another gypsy with a plastic guitar

Just another dancer with her eyes on the stars

Just another dreamer who was going too far

Just another drunk -- at the wheel of a stolen car



The odds get even -- you name the game

The odds get even -- the stakes are the same

You bet your life


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