There's more here than eyes can see
There's so much more that we can be
Just calculate the risk and start to play
It's not that I'm a gambling man
But I've come to understand
It's more the things you do than what you say

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

What we try to save we lose
And what we freely give and choose
May always be a treasured memory
Moth and rust may spoil toys
But nothing ever steals our joy
When faith and hope secure eternity

ANTE UP, ANTE UP
Take it to the top and don't let up
There's nothing left to lose if we don't play
ANTE UP, ANTE UP
It's the feeling that you get when you're up
Lay back and let the cards fall where they may
(And ante up... ante up)

So why do I sit back here, watching time go by each year
So much more that I would rather be
If I don't move myself I know, there won't be much for me to show
It's do or lie, now's the time to go...

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK / SOLO

It's okay if when I die
I always did my best and tried
"Cause in the end it's how the race was run
Nothing else has ever pleased me
Only tried to tempt and tease me
No more holding out for #1

CHORUS / OUTRO