Silvio

Stake my future on a hell of a past

Looks like tomorrow is a coming on fast

Ain't complaining about what I got

Seen better times but who has not

Silvio I gotta go

Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold

Silvio I gotta go

Find out something only dead men know

Honest as the next jade rolling that stone

When I come a knockin' don't throw me no bone

I'm an old boll weevil looking for a home

If you don't like it you can leave me alone

I can snap my fingers and require the rain

From a clear blue sky and turn it off again

I can stroke your body and relieve your pain

And charm the whistle off an evening train

Silvio I gotta go

Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold

Silvio I gotta go

Find out something only dead men know

Give what I got until I got no more

I take what I get until I even the score

You know I love you and further more

When it is time to go you got an open door

I can tell your fancy I can tell your plain

You give something up for ev'rything you gain

Since ev'ry pleasure's got an edge of pain

Pay for your ticket and don't complain

One of these days and it won't be long

Going down the valley and sing my song

I will sing it loud and sing it strong

Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong

Silvio I gotta go

Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold

Silvio I gotta go

Find out something only dead men know