[Verse] The sun’s just a penny tossed in a creek Rolling downstream Too tired to speak Been chasing the moon But it just slips by Life’s a crooked dealer with a wink in its eye [Chorus] That’s how the dice fall Baby One at a time Sometimes they’re gold Sometimes they’re grime You’re balancing fate on a slippery stone Rolling through this world like a dog with a bone [Verse 2] There's rain on the roof Humming a tune Like a lover who left too soon The bread’s gone stale but the knife still sings Cutting up dreams on broken wings [Chorus] That’s how the dice fall Baby One at a time Sometimes they’re gold Sometimes they’re grime You’re balancing fate on a slippery stone Rolling through this world like a dog with a bone [Bridge] We’re swaying on vines from tree to tree Trading a forest for a dead end street Every kiss is a coin tossed into the breeze Some spin silver Others rust with the leaves [Verse 3] I met a preacher who drank from a rusty tin Said heaven’s no place for the wages of sin But hell’s just a barn where the outlaws stay And the jukebox plays 'til it melts away
