Lay Your Money Down

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Like a moth unto a candle, drawn down to the light
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She’s a diamond set in jet they say, she's a Shamrock City night
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Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, your belfry colour fades
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With each step down Wyoming street and down to Clipper Shades
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Drinks are on the house here Sonny, the sweetest deal in town
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You can’t take it with you honey, so lay your money down

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A dollar gets you in my friend, to shake the hand of sleight
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Lady Luck's up on the tables this Shamrock City night
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Careful if you’re rolling high, how hard the mighty fall
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Old Callahan, the bum, thinks this is where he lost it all
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A queen don't beat a jack here Sonny, it’s just that kind of town
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Are you thinkin' red or black now honey, just lay your money down

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Bow to Shoestring Annie, she barks worse than she bites
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Her tongue will lash damnation blue, this Shamrock City night
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Scoop for Colonel Buckets, hasn't backed a loser yet
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He's got one eye on the table, has he spied his Juliet?
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Double up your stack now Sonny, she's out there on the town
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Luck says don't look back now honey, just lay your money down
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Luck says don't look back now honey, just lay your money down

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Jump from Fat Jack's carriage onto the little streets
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Who's daily bread to spin your head and knock you off your feet
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Come let Spanish Rose and me make all your wrongs seem right
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It's heaven in a wallet skin on a Shamrock City night
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Lie here on your back now Sonny and dream of Swinford town
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I'll be your sweetheart for one hour, just lay your money down

[Verse]
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Drinks are on the house here Sonny
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You can't take it with you honey
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A queen beats a jack here Sonny
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Thinkin' red or black now honey
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Double up your stack now Sonny
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Luck says don't look back now honey

Lay your money
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Lay your money
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Lay your money down

Lay your money
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Lay your money
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Lay your money down