Losing Matches

Forlorn and torn holding up my fists

My throat is knotting

I dance around your twists

We circle through and the crowd is roaring

I've ducked a thousand times

My head sweats be pouring

Unprepared you give one last blow

They all silent and we both know

So take, take me

Lose me up and lose me down

Unholy war but he's gone with the wind

I swim in your eyes, try not to drown

The chips are stacking higher on your side

Take more than shades to shame in hide

I know your tricks and now your winning hand

Wait to go 'cos this house won't stand

I pass 'em up

You look down to me

Royal flush folding breathlessly

Eyes light and cherries roll

I need this more than I show

I know the bid and to this dismay

Its love I lead so astray

What'd ya do if I said I was lying

My life falling off this one thing

Can't I take the last of it, drink you in

Before I stand alone within

Take a shot and knock me down

Waste away, spent and spirit bound

Pick me up, turn it around

I've found I'm walking, I'm trudging along

I'm feeling lost, my man is gone

Take me gently in the night

Hope thrown out the window and no just in sight