[Verse 1]
I got shot off my horse
So what? I'm up again
Playin' in one of these big saloons on main
You can come up here
Take a look around these sinners' dens
You're only ever gonna find
One or two real games

[Pre-Chorus]
Nobody's drivin' me underground
Not yet anyway

[Chorus]
But either on the strip or on the edge of town
Everybody pays
Everybody pays to play

[Verse 2]
Yeah, you ought to stay right where you are in Sawdust Land
It's probably the safest place to be
With your greasy little pork pies
And your shoestring hands
Makes no difference to me

[Pre-Chorus]
All those directions which we never took
To go our different ways
[Chorus]
Who went and wrote the oldest story in the book?
Everybody pays
Everybody pays to play

[Bridge]
Curl up inside a boxcar dream and disappear
With a couple low roller friends
You were never one for trouble
So get out of here
I knew the game was dangerous back then

[Pre-Chorus]
But nobody's breezin' through these swingin' doors
Just ups and walks away

[Chorus]
Everybody has to leave some blood here on the floor
Everybody pays
Everybody pays to play
Yeah, everybody pays
Everybody pays to play