[VERSE 1] round and round the wrong way again I know how it starts I don't know where it ends I caught the edge I thought I was through Then I took one more bounce went spinning away from you [CHORUS] Just enough to tease but never enough to please Just enough to make me believe there's something left for me I get ahead I fall behind I land the red I lose the black Just enough to tease but never enough to please [VERSE 2] I make that wish to just be rich I put down everything I think I can risk For a second I'm up for a minute there's hope Then the wheel comes around and I walk away broke [CHORUS] Just enough to tease but never enough to please A little taste of everything I thought that I could keep I land in black I breathe again The hand comes down I'm back in red again [VERSE 3] Did I have to lose that life? Did I really have to carve my aye? Was the promise in the wager or the wager in the lie? I gave my word I gave my time I gave the house what wasn't mine And watched that little ivory moon go bouncing one more time [BRIDGE] There— There— I think it's stopping. No. There— Maybe there. ... Here comes the hand again. [FINAL CHORUS] Just enough to tease but never enough to please Just enough to let me touch the things that never stay with me Call it luck call it fate call it one more little taste I'm almost still I'm almost free Just enough to tease— but never enough to please. [OUTRO] Round and round drop me in again
