## [Verse 1] I used to count them cards, knew the odds before I'd play Yeah, I used to count them cards, knew the odds before I'd play Now I'm counting website visitors, watching customers walk away I built a little app, called it Savvy Scratch by name Shows you all them prizes left, helps you pick a smarter game But getting people to pay five bucks? Lord, that ain't the same damn game! ## [Chorus] Oh, I got those Savvy Scratch blues Yeah, those five-dollar marketing blues I can tell you where the jackpots are But I can't get nobody to choose I built it for the scratchers To help 'em see what games are bad But getting fifty paying customers Was the hardest win I've had! ## [Verse 2] I got California, Texas, Florida, and more Got them scratch-off odds in states from shore to shore But I can't get enough people To come knocking at my door I track them million-dollar prizes, know how many still remain I can show you when the odds improve, help you avoid a losing game But try explaining that on Facebook And they look at me like I'm insane! ## [Verse 3] They told me, "Learn your SEO, get your keywords looking right" So I wrote a hundred pages, worked my fingers through the night But Google's still deciding If my website's worth the light Got my pages crawled but not indexed, Lord, what does that even mean? I got twenty-seven states and the slickest site you've seen But the search results keep hiding me Like I'm some kind of gambling machine! ## [Chorus] Oh, I got those Savvy Scratch blues Lord, those entrepreneur blues I spent my life beating casinos Now I'm getting beat by Google views! I got Apple, I got Android Got a website running fine But I need five thousand customers And I ain't got that kind of time! ## [Verse 4] I called a marketing agency, said, "Help me find my crowd" They said, "Got ten grand a month?" and brother, I laughed out loud I said, "If I had that kind of money Would I be begging you right now?" Tried them scratcher YouTubers, offered twenty percent for life Tried affiliates and partnerships, been working day and night Everybody likes the product But getting sales is still a fight ## [Bridge – Spoken, with slow blues guitar] You know what's funny about this whole thing? I spent years learning how to beat the house. Poker... blackjack... finding edges nobody else could see. Then I built Savvy Scratch. Figured I'd give ordinary scratcher players a little of that professional advantage. Five dollars a month. Five dollars! That's one scratch-off ticket! And you get a whole month of information! *(Guitar bends)* Now I got fifty people who understand that. Just need about forty-nine thousand, nine hundred and fifty more! *(Band stops)* Anybody know how to do marketing?! *(Band kicks back in)* ## [Verse 5] I don't sell no lottery tickets, I don't promise you a win I just show you what's still out there, before you put your money in But try explaining probability And watch their eyes glaze over again Some folks buy them scratchers blind, don't know the jackpots all got claimed I can show 'em what they're missing, I can help 'em check the game But if nobody knows Savvy Scratch Who's the one that's really getting played? ## [Final Chorus – Full band, big guitar] Oh, I got those Savvy Scratch blues Those no-distribution, marketing blues I know how to find an edge But I don't know how to spread the news! I don't need another feature Don't need no fancy redesign Just need them scratcher players To give my little app a try! ## [Outro – Slow, gritty, half-spoken] I built an app to beat bad odds... Now I'm fighting odds of my own... *(Guitar answers)* Got fifty paying customers... And a whole lotta states to go... *(Long, crying guitar bend)* I can count the prizes... I can calculate the play... But if I can't learn to market... *(Pause)* I might have to get a day job someday. *(Final guitar sting)* Lord, ain't that a losing play!
