John Illsley High Stakes Lyrics

You play for high stakes
Can you take it that's the name of the game
Your names in gold plate
Paradise just over the hill

You see them come and go
Sympathy has no place in your heart
You learn to hold on tight
You fight it down if you want to survive

You get up early in the morning
Get up early for the high stake life

A little place in Spain
Ain't nothing fancy, you know what I mean
Silver spur, she purrs
Streets are black where you came from

But now the lights burn bright
Sheets are silk, your conscience clean
With a Chelsea view and West End screw
You left that East End dead end far behind

Do you think of any other
Sliding by in your high stake life High roller, steam roller
You're a high staker, chance taker
Smile please, camera tease
'Cause you're a dirt raker, obnoxious little money maker

Not your sister or your brother
They misunderstood
They thought you were a mean roller, steam roller
You're high staker, chance taker

Come on and smile please, camera tease
'Cause you're a dirt raker, obnoxious little money maker

Variety, variety adds spice to your life
You're doing good, doing good
Doing good but you end up doing well

Where do you go from here?
A Duke, an Earl or just a life peer?
High staker

You live a high stake
You live a high stake
You live a high stake