Roulette Lyrics

The song Roulette is performed by Bruce Springsteen in the album named Tracks (4CD) in the year 1998 .



We left the toys out in the yard
I took my wife and kids and left my home unguarded
We packed what we could into the car
No one here knows how it started
But suddenly everything was just so out of control
Now I want some answers, mister, I need to know
I hear all the talk but I don't know what you're sayin'
But I think I got a good idea of the game that you're playin'

Roulette, that's the name now
Roulette, that's the game now
Roulette, I don't believe what they're sayin'
Roulette, and everybody's playin'

I grew up here on this street where nothin' moves, just a strange breeze
In a town full of worthless memories there's a shadow in my backyard
I've got a house full of things that I can't touch
Well all those things they won't do me much good now
I was a fireman out at riker's, I did my job
Mister, I've been cheated, I feel like I've been robbed
I'm the big expendable, my life's just canceled, null and void
But what are you gonna do about your new boy

Roulette, you're playin' with my life
Roulette, with my kids and my wife
Roulette, every day the stakes get bigger
Roulette, a different finger on the trigger

Down by the river that talks the night speaks in searchlights
And shortwave radio squawk, the police patrol the streets
But I've left behind the man I used to be, everything he believed in and all that belonged to me
I tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought it'd be safe
They stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstate
They put me in detention but I broke loose and then I ran
They said they want to ask me a few questions but I think they had other plans
Now I don't know who to trust and I don't know what I can believe
They say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayin'
I think those guys just wanna keep on playin'

Roulette, with my life
Roulette, with my kids and my wife
Roulette, the bullet's in the chamber
Roulette, who's the unlucky stranger
Roulette, surprise, you're dead
Roulette, the gun's to your head
Roulette, the bullet's spinning in the chamber
Roulette, pull the trigger, feel the click
No further danger



Bruce Springsteen - Tracks (4CD)

Nov 1998

  1. Mary Queen Of Arkansas
  2. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
  3. Growin' Up
  4. Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
  5. Bishop Danced (Live)
  6. Santa Ana
  7. Seaside Bar Song
  8. Zero And Blind Terry
  9. Linda Let Me Be The One
  10. Thundercrack
  11. Rendezvous (Live)
  12. Give The Girl A Kiss
  13. Iceman
  14. Bring On The Night
  15. So Young And In Love
  16. Hearts Of Stone
  17. Don't Look Back
  18. Restless Nights
  19. A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh)
  20. Roulette
  21. Dollhouse
  22. Where The Bands Are
  23. Loose Ends
  24. Living On The Edge Of The World
  25. Wages Of Sin
  26. Take 'Em As They Come
  27. Be True
  28. Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own
  29. I Wanna Be With You
  30. Mary Lou
  31. Stolen Car
  32. Born In The U.S.A.
  33. Johnny Bye-Bye
  34. Shut Out The Light
  35. Cynthia
  36. My Love Will Not Let You Down
  37. This Hard Land
  38. Frankie
  39. TV Movie
  40. Stand On It
  41. Lion's Den
  42. Car Wash
  43. Rockaway The Days
  44. Brothers Under The Bridges ('83)
  45. Man At The Top
  46. Pink Cadillac
  47. Two For The Road
  48. Janey Don't You Lose Heart
  49. When You Need Me
  50. The Wish
  51. The Honeymooners
  52. Lucky Man
  53. Leavin' Train
  54. Seven Angels
  55. Gave It A Name
  56. Sad Eyes
  57. My Lover Man
  58. Over The Rise
  59. When The Lights Go Out
  60. Loose Change
  61. Trouble In Paradise
  62. Happy
  63. Part Man, Part Monkey
  64. Goin' Cali
  65. Back In Your Arms
  66. Brothers Under The Bridge

Roulette