Addictions - Mike Pinto

Sammy was a betting man who’s money always running thin

He never thinks to save a dime.

And when he’s good up for

He’ll rob the closest liquor store, if he don’t get caught

Well then it ain’t no crime!

It ain’t no crime

Well Sammy moved to Reno with his best friend Tino who only

Says his prayers in the best of casinos.

But sam was down

On his luck, he took Tino’s truck.

A case of grand theft

Auto in the case of Nevada, that’s for sure.

There

Ain’t no cuuuuure, he’ll do it again, like he’s done it

Before

Well everybody’s got their addictions, and if you

Listen hard you’ll see: That everyone who lives

Beneath the sun discovers something that they need

Now we all have our different problems, but there

Are those who still pretend… That it’s okay, but

To each of them I say: Well nah, you better think

Again

And it goes

(Riff x4)

Danny works a nine-to-five, wears a fancy suit and tie

But the only thing that keeps him sane… Is the comfort

Of the local bar, he thinks of last call, just one

More drink to numb the paaaiin

Oooooooooh, we all got pain

He’s got himself a ball-and-chain, who smokes a pack a day

Since she was nearly age 13. a nicotine fiend if you know what

I mean, now she’s yellin' at the kids for smokin' all that

Weed

Well don’t get angry, don’t you use brute force, I know

My stories almost set the trial off course.

But I don’t

Lie, and I don’t mean to sound dramatic, but my my

Sound’s fuckin' hotter than your upstaiors attic there’s

A will, there’s a way, for the people of today livin'

A lifetime on the bottom of a cruel society.

Stay strong

And know right from wrong.

Back to the riff that goes…

(Riff x4)

Sammy planned his get away, and he was on his way to

Tijuana, Mexico.

His luck, he thought, was on his

Side as he drove Tino’s ride but little did he know

That drunk drivin' with one eye closed was Danny

Comin' the other way on a dogged-up road.

He hit

The breaks, it was way too late, and the collision

Killed them both

Well Danny leaves his wife a widow, dressed in black

And Sammy leaves his life for trying to gamble in

Stacks.

Sad but true, oh what are you gonna do when

It’s way too late for turning back?

Well everybody’s got their addictions, and if you

Listen hard you’ll see: That everyone who lives

Beneath the sun discovers something that they need

Now we all have our different problems, but there

Are those who still pretend… that nothing’s wrong

But if you wait too long, it’ll kill you in the end

OooOoooOooohh

(Kris Dg)