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The Slots

from Little Meadow by Black Schwartz

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lyrics

The Slots

My card goes in, enter my pin
One hundred and sixty is enough
Last night’s alert, left me crying for sure
But tonight, I’m determined to win

Find a good spot, lock the car in the lot
E42 is close enough
Just a 3-minute stride, to the doors I have tried
To the hypnotizing calls of the slots

Stroll through the aisles, past looks and the piles
Of others, like me, with enough
Eight 20-dollar dreams, I find my machine
It’ll all end in tears…or in smiles

The bandit arm is stiff, staff are changing shift
9 damn lines and 5 damn bets are on
I long have lost the count, but I’ve more in my account
‘Cause I’m down both when I pull and when I lift

I know it’s a sin, bank card goes in
100 more should get me back on top
Bad luck is sure to cease, well the coffee’s free at least
Tonight’s the night – I’m certain I will win

Spin the ghostly tracks, none of it comes back
How far it is that I am down the hole!
Well 40 more will do to square myself with you
Come on babe, I’m faithful, lend me some slack

I’ve started planting seeds, just 50 more I need
I’ll finish this and come home laughing gold
My final 20 bucks is bound to change my luck
10 hours for the money stone to bleed

Please just one more spin, my life is closing in
‘How much,’ I ask, ‘how much is not enough?’
My quest for 80, for 60, for 40, for 20
Insufficient Funds - my night is binned

Wash my face, rub eyes that are shot
Make my way to the parking lot
160, I’m afraid, was not enough
The gas tank’s quarter, my pocket’s empty
There’s far to go, nepenthe….nepenthe!
It’s “Nevermore!” or next time at the slots
Next time at the slots!

Yeah next time, I’ll do it next time
I gotta, I gotta just put a bit more,
a few more quarters in there
I messed up this time
you know, I just gotta ring that bell a bit louder
I know that woman next to me, she kind of…
she had a good machine
she was hogging it though…
she was hogging it all night
she won 900 bucks
900 bucks....

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from Little Meadow, released August 21, 2020
All songs written by Stephen Schwartz
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sandro Perri
© ℗ 2020 Black Schwartz

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