Ellis Paul Lay Your Wager Down Lyrics

Lay Your Wager Down Lyrics

You`re my flesh and blood 
But we`re not the same 
a common name 
and now 
a common distance 

I looked up to you 
in your plush armchair 
respect or fear 
I couldn`t see the difference 

Lay your wager down 
Who`ll be king in Tinsel Town?
`Cause all the prophets and the gypsies 
on the strip in Venice Beach 
Have looked me in the eye 
and said, "Your dreams still lie in reach"
and who am I to doubt them 
and who are you 
to write these speeches? 

Is it my poverty 
That brings a blush to you?
Or the honesty 
that speaks the mind 
that comes with it 

Were you once a man 
with younger eyes 
a hungry pride 
that would not feel 
resistance? 

Lay your wager down 
They`re crowning the king in Tinsel Town 
There are strangers, there are lovers 
out on Fairfax in a line 
They look me in the eye 
and say "Our thoughts are intertwined"
and who am I to doubt them?
And who are you to tear down 
these signs?